Ron Fortier

FHV #10 - 2017

2017

Artist Comments
Artist Teresa Dirks takes inspiration from the American abstract painter, Mark Rothko as she quotes his words, "A painting is not a picture of an experience, bu...

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A minimalist abstract inspired by rusty copper tones. Artist Drew Noel Marin paints bands of mint green with hints of copper peeking from underneath. A peaceful...

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"This painting was inspired by my travels through the U.S.," shares artist Candice Eisenfeld. She paints an ethereal landscape with a glowing field enclosed by an abyss of deep cool hues. "The blue abstract areas are finished with a smooth, glossy shine while the landscape area is not glossy."

About the Artist
As an American exploring issues of identity, artist Candice Eisenfeld paints through the lens of the first American art movement, the Hudson River School. Rather than depicting a specific locale, Candice’s artwork evokes a sense of place. These "inner landscapes" are invented, and often reference photographs taken during travels in southern Appalachia and the Blue Ridge and Smokey Mountains. Whether real or imagined, her paintings are influenced by the Dutch Masters, Tonalists, and Chinese painting. Produced on a single wooden panel, the ethereal landscapes are often joined with segments of aqueous color fields which act as commentary for the landscapes, like the chorus in a Greek play. The crisp, hard edges separating the landscapes from the color fields command a sense of order in an otherwise fluid and painterly surface. With two or three sections of the panel competing for attention, the painting creates multiple focal points. Candice's art has been displayed in embassies in Namibia and Belarus, held in the collections of Norwest Bank and Northwest Airlines...

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"This painting is a culmination of my travels in the West from Sedona to the southern Arizona desert, to the views while rafting the Grand Canyon," shares artis...

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An expansive abstract view of vast blue rolling hills by artist Alicia Dunn. "I wanted to create a dreamscape that would resemble a landscape, or a landscape re...

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Part of artist Gary J. Noland Jr.'s abstract landscape series. Horizontal strokes in beige, black, blue, and white fill the composition. Rich tones make a compl...