Lake Powell
Painted in acrylic paint from a drawing and watercolor sketch made on July 14, 2017, as we flew over Lake Powell on an Allegiant flight to Mesa, AZ.
Influenced by Richard Diebenkorn (aerial view of the subject), Wayne Thiebaud (warping of a landscape image and blue shadows), and Georgia O'Keeffe (the repetition in her large cloud painting in Chicago Art Museum).
It makes me want to hike Buckskin Gulch, the Vermillion hills, and maybe go to the "Wave".
Fine Art (Painting)
16.5 x 21.5 x 1
$400.00
Artist Statement
Artist Statement
I observe paintings from artists I admire, and I’m influenced by their techniques, style, and motifs.
I have always loved the fauvists with their unique colors and contrast; the emotion of van Gogh and Gauguin; the perfection of Sargent; the experimentation of Cezanne; the beauty of Degas; the color studies of Kandinsky; the controlled chaos of Pollock; the intrigue of Diebenkorn; the buttery essence and bluish shadows (with orange halo) of Thiebaud; the simplicity of Jasper Johns; the rawness of Auerbach; the impact of Motherwell and Kline; abstract landscapes of Doug Snow; the grided pixels of Chuck Close; the luminousness of Rothko: and the visual impact of the Bay Area figurative artists.
I’m not a realist and I’m not constrained to paint in a specific style or to reproduce an image. For me the process of painting is emotional and the design, lines, colors, texture grow out of being in-the-moment. I imagine the subjects of my journey as a painter will be figurative and the style will be more abstract as I continue. I love paintings that are sculptural; that you want to touch. This is my painting journey’s trajectory.
Chuck Call (signature: CHC)
March 3, 2022
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