Heres an upcoming show Im really excited about! (July at Schmidtberger Fine Art Gallery) Dick de Groot (born 1920) was born in Scheveningen, a beach suburb of The Hague in the Netherlands. About his work he says: I refuse to paint sure sellers, such as the cute, the corny, the romantic, the sentimental, the narrative. My favorite subject is the contemporary American urban scene, which I find exciting and uniquely suited to my taste. I like to use clues that give an illusion of space, or only a suggestion of it around the corner or beyond the hill. The opposites of mass and space, of volumes and voids intrigue me. They are the basis of my compositions. The urban landscape is rich in geometric planes that can be arranged in expressive combinations of color and light-dark values. I want to see each element in my work in harmony with the total. That includes clouds, traffic signs, telephone poles etc. I will change the subject to suit my purpose. Things are moved, added or left out in a process of translating reality into a painted and new reality, that may be subjectively interpreted.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:01:58 +0000
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