Alexis Portilla
Large Oil Painting on Paper - Color Code II - unframed

Name: Large Oil Painting on Paper - Color Code II - unframed
Brand: Alexis Portilla
Price: 3800 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

This is a beautiful bright vibrant of yellows and golds, with pale blues and silvery grays - oil on paper. A very high resolution photograph is provided here to enable viewing of both the feel and detail of the brushwork. The artist envisages that this piece could be hung on its own or as part of a diptych. Oil on paper, signed. Each piece is 34 x 44 in. If placed as diptych, length is 34 x 88 in. Price is for EACH piece. Framing available upon inquiry. Available for viewing in Los Angeles. Intro: Alexis Portilla's large scale pieces like Anemone, Black Elk, Thor Twins, Tokyo, Chromatic Fantasy are spectacular pieces in terms of the atmospheric brushwork, colors and textures. His bold linear lines, use of symbols, pictographs and strong colors create atmospheric abstracts. Influenced by the emotion of artistic expression in music, poetry and literature, the artist finds bold expression in color, lines and shapes that resemble pictographs, and texture. Speak like a Child is a song title from a Herbie Hancock recording and Pale Fire is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov. “Pale fire” was originally a diptych inspired by the multi panel pieces the artist saw in religious paintings as an art student. A favorite theme is the use of diptychs, tt was never the religious subject matter but the use of multi panel works to tell a story that interested him. “Using simple forms and creating swathes of rich texture, Alexis Portilla builds atmospheric abstract paintings that convey a sense of time having passed. Brushy areas of color suggest the indeterminacy of memory, while bold linear forms speak for the present.” In contrast, he has smaller works in the form of his beautiful unusual pieces in oil and beeswax which are fascinating. “In some of his smaller works, Portilla experimented with beeswax. Applying a smooth coat of wax over the surface, the artist sealed in his sparse, abstract forms, while leaving whole sections empty, the images hover in the wax, as if frozen in time, yet the pieces have a fresh, almost dewy look.” - Meredith Mendelsohn, Art News magazine review The artist Alexis Portilla obtained his Masters of Fine Arts at Columbia University in 1990, and his BFA at the noted Pratt Institute. The artist has shown in group and solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally. His works have been commissioned by major corporations, universities and for private collections. These pieces and others are available for viewing in Los Angeles, by appointment. Instruction 1993-1994 Faculty /Adjunct Instructor Department of Printmaking Columbia University New York, NY Awards 1983 – 1994 HEOP/SEOG Full scholarship To attend Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 1984-85 Charles A. Dana Internship and Grant, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY Public Commissions: - April 2007 Penn State University -State College, PA Department of Chemistry Public Collections: - 1996 The New York Public Library, New York, NY Department of Prints and Drawings Roberta Waddell Selected Corporate Collections Harvard Club Cambridge, MA Meredith and Grew Boston, MA Farley White Boston, MA Edwards and Angell Providence, RI Acadian Asset Management Boston, MA Proskauer Rose Boston, MA Mikasa Corporation, Tokyo, Japan First Atlantic Capital, New York, NY Warner Brothers, New York, NY Pieces are available for viewing in Los Angeles by appointment.

Creator:

Alexis Portilla (1965, American, Mexican)

Dimensions:

Height: 38 in (96.52 cm)Width: 44 in (111.76 cm)

Medium:

Oil

Movement & Style:

Abstract

Period:

2010-

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