Lalani Nan

Orchid Lavender 60 X 48

2022

Lalani Nan received a B.F.A. in 1984 from the Atlantic College of Art. She was born in Taiwan in 1961, and lives in Woodstock, N.Y. being an only child with a mother and grandmother ...

Lalani Nan received a B.F.A. in 1984 from the Atlantic College of Art. She was born in Taiwan in 1961, and lives in Woodstock, N.Y. being an only child with a mother and grandmother ...

All Shades of Grey No 3 48 X 60 Lalani Nan received a B.F.A. in 1984 from the Atlantic College of Art. She was born in Taiwan in 1961, and lives in Woodstock, N.Y. being an only chi...

All Shades of Grey No1 48 X 60 Lalani Nan received a B.F.A. in 1984 from the Atlantic College of Art. She was born in Taiwan in 1961, and lives in Woodstock, N.Y. being an only chil...

This is a large scale, contemporary abstract painting by the New York/ Hawaiian artist, Debra Drexler. Blue and rose pink forms fuse together in a mauve and lavender background. Go...

"My paintings and drawings incorporate elements found in architecture, design, popular culture and art history. My reductive compositions and pure color mimic the low-tech graphics utilized in mid-century media...

72"x48" acrylic and oil on canvas, signed on reverse by the artist. This is a contemporary abstract painting by the New York/ Hawaiian artist, Debra Drexler. Violet and blue hues are contrasted with neon orange and deep red orange forms. A circular form of violet attracts a central focus in the fields light orange and nearly pastel blue undertones in this stunning vibrant painting by the artist Debra Drexler's paintings are informed both by participating in the contemporary resurgence of abstraction coming out of New York, and by living in the Post Colonial Pacific for close to three decades. In the 21st century, much of our experience is mediated through the screens of our devices. In contrast, the making and viewing of paintings remains a direct, engaging experience in Drexler's paintings. She aims to take us to a state of timelessness that is primal in its humanity, disconnecting us momentarily from the mediated “now” of our electronic devices, and connecting us to a “now” that gives us a glimpse of the infinite. As a colorist, Debra Drexler provokes unexpected color relationships and creates spatial contradictions that come from those interactions. Some of her color choices reference the post digital experience with its highly saturated synthetic color. The luminosity and saturation also mirror the unique quality of light and tropical color interactions in Hawai’i, where Drexler also lives. Her work is driven by an athletic painting...

The second in a quartet of paintings about Plato's realm beyond the sky. "Purple Haze" is about the outer limits of the sky as we know it, the "perfect Forms" of Greek aesthetics ar...