Ernest Goertzen

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"Undersky" depicts flashes of city lights. These small paintings have so much to say and we can say they beckon viewers to draw closer and observe all that artist has been able to co...

"Clones of Clones" depicts a a city at the foot of a mountain ranged. This painting is rendered in about nine variations of gray, the darkest in the foreground is a few steps from bl...

"Future Shadow" is of a scene in the woods. This scene is of no particular place, but rather his interpretation and compilation of various places he has visited. As a painter, I examine how the depiction of light contributes to our experience of paintings. The portrayal of light helps a painting to convey the atmosphere and mood of a scene, and is much of what enables a painting to convey depth and realism. Our perception of lighting features occurs largely through pathways in the brain that carry only black and white information, pathways which are distinct from areas that encode the colors and details we use to delineate specific objects. By painting in grayscale, I try to interact specifically with this region of our visual system, with the hope of conveying some of the spaciousness and emotional significance that light can imbue on scenes. Light, whether as the crisp contrast of a back-lit forest or the gray haze of an industrial landscape, is what defines a scene. Its power to communicate the feel of a place is the principle subject of my paintings. The Blue Azul Collection...

"Head in the clouds" depicts skyscrapers and a waterway. This scene is of no particular place, but rather his interpretation and compilation of var...

This acrylic painting on panel features a grove of trees, crowned by a dramatic top in tones of grey and blue. The almond-colored trees grow out of small ...

A brilliant and stormy violet sky rises from a dark horizon in this emotive landscape by Jay Hodgins. Layers of saturated color coated with glossy resin ...

In a dazzling cerulean sky, a blustery cloud of white hovers over a black horizon. In this vertical landscape on panel by Jay Hodgins, curated layers of bright colors coated with a g...

A brilliant opening framed in green-blue reflected in the water below burns through an azure sky in this luminous and moody painting by Jay Hodgins. The artist applies layers of acry...