George Gard

Transcendent Reflections I

2021

Artist: Leestemaker, Luc Title: 2008.06 Date: 2008 Medium: Mixed Media Unframed Dimensions: 40" x 30" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique

Artist: Leestemaker, Luc Title: 2008.07 Date: 2008 Medium: Mixed Media Unframed Dimensions: 40" x 30" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique

(Comes professionally framed in a solid maple floater frame, ready to hang) Artist's Statement "This series of intensely colorful paintings was begun a couple of years back in reaction to the gray oppressive weight that had descended like a pall on the American scene. I wanted to make paintings about nothing but pure delight, in honor of the fact that beneath the fog of germs and political antagonism, we still eat, laugh, love and if we're wise, acknowledge how spectacularly fortunate we are -- at least for now, in this time and place, despite the problems. For me, the colors, forms and brushstrokes here feel exuberant without suggesting an unnerving chaos. I have purposely used unlikely color combinations that despite their dissonance seem to work together. I don't feel this is a time to be making brooding works that reflect the problems we are working our way through; we all know about this. On the contrary, I think it's a time for art...

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