O'Farrell

Luces y sombras

2015

Strokes, lines, points, signs come from the plexus, travel through the arm and hand, reaching the canvas with the indicated “nerve.” Lights and shadows complete the possibility of th...

Strokes, lines, points, signs come from the plexus, travel through the arm and hand, reaching the canvas with the indicated “nerve.” Lights and shadows complete the possibility of th...

Strokes, lines, points, signs come from the plexus, travel through the arm and hand, reaching the canvas with the indicated “nerve.” Lights and shadows complete the possibility of th...

Strokes, lines, points, signs come from the plexus, travel through the arm and hand, reaching the canvas with the indicated “nerve.” Lights and shadows complete the possibility of th...

-ARTIST STATEMENT- I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves representing dramatis personae. My likeness is both implicit and symbolic in the portrayal of my narrative; the drama involved in creating art and the artist’s role in society. I use realism to invite the viewer into mysterious inner worlds that are layered reflections of the outer. Dehumanizing environments are imbued with art historical references as a critique of power structures. The artist is an Everyman who is at odds with society and his self. Visually my work is a celebration of society’s dark undercurrents and its overlooked absurdities. I use charcoal and printmaking media as their tenebrous values add a fitting metaphor. The nuances of light and shadow seduce viewers into a world their better judgment would have them avoid. This provokes a sense of disquietude that causes viewers to assess our world through the austerity of a colorless, yet not humorless, light. -BIO- Christopher Ganz grew up in Northeast Ohio and from early on had a fertile imagination and an interest in art. Christopher's artistic education truly began at the University of Missouri, where his love of the human form led to many figure drawing classes and his exposure to the wonders of printmaking. Christopher's then went onto graduate school at Indiana University and a summer abroad program in Italy was a dream realized. Christopher then grasped charcoal with a renewed vigor and large, sfumato-laden drawings ensued. Christopher's artistic influences are many; from a seminal exposure to Dore's engravings of the Divine Comedy, to Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Goya, and up to Lucian Freud, Mark Tansey...

Maria Housley's "Shadow Work" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cast shadow of a hand falling across the features of a female model as she holds her hand to her ch...

Acrylic on canvas

Acrylic on canvas, height 48in, width 40 in, the painting shown on the wall may not be proportional to the room size.