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2006
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Abstract painting on curved canvas in warm, orange and yellow palette
oil on canvas on unique artist made stretcher
36 x 74 inches
This curved canvas was painted by abstract artist Christopher Engel in 2006. The abstract expressionist style painting contains dramatic splashes of canary and golden yellows, crimson, and coral against a dark umber background. A sturdy wire spanning the back of the painting provides for instant, professional-quality hanging.
Christopher Engel is represented by Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson, NY.
Artist Statement:
The Fan Shaped Paintings evolved from the process of mixing paint in paper coffee cups. As I noticed the intriguing arrangement and patterns of color and shapes in the mixing cups I began to set the cups aside to save those images. Years later, I began unfolding the stacks of cups I had saved to see the images and patterns of color. I was also attracted to the fan-like shape of the opened cups. The spontaneous nature of the color and shapes on my palette of “coffee cups” became the genesis of the creation of the Fan Paintings.
SOLO SHOWS:
2017 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2016 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2014 Commons Gallery Margaretville, NY
2014 Zoom Gallery, Fleishmanns, NY "Selections"
2006 Erpf Gallery, Arkville, NY “A Selection of Works”
2004 The Commons, Margaretville, NY “Survey from the 1980s to 2004
1991 Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY
1987 Soho Gallery, Seattle, WA, “Selected Works”
1986 Hundredwaters Gallery, Seattle, WA, “New Works”
1982 Hallwalls Gallery, Buffalo, NY, “Rites of Passage”
GROUP SHOWS:
2017 WAAM Woodstock, NY “Abstract Evocative”
2014 Zoom Gallery, Fleishmanns, NY "Summer Show"
2011 Byrdcliffe Members Show
2010 Byrdcliffe Members Show
2010 Byrdcliffe Small Works Show
2010 Woodstock Artist Association and Museum Show
2008 Woodstock Artist Association and Museum Gray Matter Show
2008 Woodstock Artist Association and Museum Inside/Outside the Box
2008 Woodstock Artist Association and Museum Small Works on Paper
2004 Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY, “Now, Then and Before”
2003 Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY,
1994 Hallwalls Gallery, Buffalo, NY, “Men in Suits”
1989 Print Show, Ward-Nasse Gallery, NY
1988 Hundredwaters Gallery, Seattle, WA, “Art and Religion”
1987 New York Print Fair, Eldindean Press
1986 Summit Show, Seattle, WA
1986 Pierot Gallery, Seattle, WA
1985 Donnally Books Gallery, Seattle, WA, “Woodcuts”
1985 Fourwalls, Hoboken, NJ
1983 Sharpe Gallery, NY, “Self-Image”
RESIDENCIES:
2012 and 2011 Byrdcliffe June Artist’s Residency Programs
HONORS:
Elected to the board of Woodstock Artist Association and Museum
AWARDS:
2011 Woodstock Artist Association and Museum 3rd Annual Regional
Show Honored for Best Abstract Painting in Show
2011 Woodstock Artist Association and Museum March Group Show Honorable Mention
1985 Grant from Change, Inc.
Full Tuition Scholarship, Art Center College of Design
COLLECTIONS:
Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland
Carol Pulin, Print Curator Smithsonian, Washington, DC
Elizabeth Hahn, Print Specialist Christies, NYC
Mary Lou Knode, Print Department MOMA, NYC
Kathy Caraccio, Print Maker and Publisher of Etchings, NYC
Leslie and Stuart Reiser, Wayne, NJ.
Rouse Corporation, New York, NY
Robert Heller, Brooklyn, New York,
ADDITIONAL COLLECTIONS in:
New York City,
Singapore
Dallas, TX
London, UK
San Francisco, CA
Melbourne, Australia
Sag Harbor, NY
EDUCATION:
Studied with: Richard Pousette-Dart at the Art Students League, 1976-1981
Roberto Delomonica, Julian Levy, Vaclav Vytlacil
Art Center College of Design, 1969-1971
Chicago Academy of Fine Art, 1964- 1966
- Creator:
- Creation Year:2006
- Dimensions:Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 74 in (187.96 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Hudson, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2271901673
Christopher Engel
Christopher Engel’s work vibrates with the energy of bold, gestural lines that intersect at points between the foreground and background. These fields are bridged together in a web of kinetic, interconnecting lines which create a remarkable sense of three-dimensionality. The close examination of space, or how we create it and replenish a void, is a study that Engel has pursued since he started as a landscape painter in the early 70s. Engel was deeply affected by the relationship between the elements of the landscape; trees, shrubs, bushes and elements on the periphery. Everything worked to define the space that contained and moved him. Engel currently works out of a studio near Roxbury, NY, where a pellet stove warms the high ceilings and sunlight penetrates through sky-lights. Nestled in the Catskill mountains, Engel continues to honor the influence of the natural landscape and remain enamored by the impact of color. With several canvases standing over four feet tall, the surfaces are rich in a sophisticated palette of earth tones; greens, browns, blacks, blues and occasional use of bright red and orange allude to an aesthetic that straddles both landscape and abstraction. Yet despite representational titles such as Canyon, Ice Storm and Clear Skies, Engel’s vision immerses the viewer in suggestions of horizon lines or tree branches rather than orient them directly toward a conventional depiction. Tensions of push and pull are achieved with both opacity and transparency, as well as the natural flow of the medium. Ultimately, the point of departure is radically transformed and the result is nothing short of powerful. The space around us to him is the defining characteristic that makes us aware and allows us to function in our environment. Creating this feeling of space in his abstract work with color, texture, line, scale, scraping, dripping etc. is what satisfies his aesthetic needs.
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