Ernest Goertzen

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"Descending Towards Now," oil on wood painting by artist Todd Carpenter depicts a remote landscape of leafless trees being nourished by a running stream. Imagine this is a past route...

Focus Backwards oil on wood painting by artist Todd Carpenter. This painting highlights a park near the artist's childhood home. The light is diffused along a welcoming trail. This is unlike other paintings by the artist, in that he generally renders images unfamiliar to him. Signed and dated on reverse. As a painter, I examine how the depiction of light contributes to our experience of paintings. The portrayal of light helps a painting to convey the atmosphere and mood of a scene, and is much of what enables a painting to convey depth and realism. Our perception of lighting features occurs largely through pathways in the brain that carry only black and white information, pathways which are distinct from areas that encode the colors and details we use to delineate specific objects. By painting in grayscale, I try to interact specifically with this region of our visual system, with the hope of conveying some of the spaciousness and emotional significance that light can imbue on scenes. Light, whether as the crisp contrast of a back-lit forest or the gray haze of an industrial landscape, is what defines a scene. Its power to communicate the feel of a place is the principle subject of my paintings. The Blue Azul...

"Atlas Dips His Toes In the Sky" depicts the energy of a city that sits in a valley. As with most of Todd Carpenter's paintings, this scene is of no particular place, but rather his...

"Cast Away From The Mainland" depicts a city near a waterway. These small paintings beckon viewers to draw closer and observe all that artist has been able to convey on such a small ...

"Lost Between The Details" depicts a open skies and city lights. This scene is of no particular place, but rather Carpenter's interpretation and compilation of various places he has visited. As a painter, I examine how the depiction of light contributes to our experience of paintings. The portrayal of light helps a painting to convey the atmosphere and mood of a scene, and is much of what enables a painting to convey depth and realism. Our perception of lighting features occurs largely through pathways in the brain that carry only black and white information, pathways which are distinct from areas that encode the colors and details we use to delineate specific objects. By painting in grayscale, I try to interact specifically with this region of our visual system, with the hope of conveying some of the spaciousness and emotional significance that light can imbue on scenes. Light, whether as the crisp contrast of a back-lit forest or the gray haze of an industrial landscape, is what defines a scene. Its power to communicate the feel of a place is the principle subject of my paintings. The Blue Azul Collection...

"Clones of Clones" depicts a a city at the foot of a mountain ranged. This painting is rendered in about nine variations of gray, the darkest in the foreground is a few steps from bl...

Acrylic on wood panel.

Translated title: "Stroll among cypresses" Acrylic on wood.

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Scarlet Blue Macaw Year: 1992 Medium: Acrylic on Panel with artist painted frame Size: 58.5 x 42.2 inches Condition: E...

Laurent Bouro, born in Touraine in 1967, is a painter and visual artist living in France. From an early age, he developed a passion for art and painting...

60 x 48 inches mixed media and plaster on wood panel This contemporary, large vertical abstract expressionist & symbolist style painting was created by Hudson Valley based artist, R...

Though the action of painting geological formations using abstraction, organic textures and luminous color, I can convey how natural physical forces work to shape a constantly changi...