A new group exhibition at Anne Neilson Fine Art explores different viewpoints of landscape scenes through a wide variety of styles and mediums. Titled Vantage Point,the show features a dynamic collection of 40 works of art by such artists as Christopher Groves, Millie Gosch, Kim Amell, Mary Benson, Judith Judy and Sarah Gayle Carter.
Millie Gosch, Sun Salutations, oil on canvas, 48 x 48"
Carter’s geometric style is seen in full force in her oil Parterre. “[This piece], as the rest of my landscape paintings, is an interpretation of a photo of an actual, specific place. In this case, an aerial view of rural Virginia farmland,” says the designer turned painter. “My designer eye responds to line, form and certainly color. I look for the color and structure hiding beneath the surface of things. I push the world I see into an abstracted but recognizable play of color, texture and geometry, and all of those proclivities are very apparent here in Parterre.”
Christopher Groves, Wonderland, oil and mixed media on canvas, 30 x 40"
She explains her process: “After toning the canvas with burnt sienna, which I intentionally let come through in lines and ‘sparks.’ I began with the blocky, dark tree clusters to build the bones of the composition. Then I broke the near and far fields into simplified, interlocking, receding sections. Then I began adding the, in this case literal, color fields.” The artist describes herself as a “colorist,” although she doesn’t get too bogged down in color theory. “It’s instinctual, I suppose,” she says, “informed, certainly, by the years I spent developing color palettes for custom rugs. I don’t invent color out of whole cloth, but I do exaggerate the colors I see, as well as the forms, in order to make a point. I want others to see what I see and feel what I feel when I look at the world around me.”
Kim Amell, Emerald Green, encaustic, oil and shellac on panel, 40 x 40"
Amell brings to the show a top down view of crashing ocean waves rendered in encaustic, oil and shellac. The piece was inspired by the movement of water and the strength it holds. “The moment when I look out over the vast expansive body of water and feel so small,” says Amell. “Creating this piece is very much about creating the feeling of perspective and a reminder to respect nature and the strength it holds.”
Sarah Gayle Carter, Parterre, oil on canvas, 24 x 30"
In Groves’ oil and mixed media piece Wonderland, his intention was to evoke a series of emotions and thoughts that create a dream-like experience for the viewer. “By [combining] organized abstracted shapes with only ‘hints’ of representational images and colors, I want the viewer to float within this imaginative representation of a landscape environment, and encounter a fanciful connection to nature,” says Groves. The painting blends the lines between abstract and representational art.
Vantage Point begins January 25 and hangs through February 24. An opening reception takes place on opening day from 6 to 8 p.m. —
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