Ilana Bloch

Century City View

1996

ARTIST'S STATEMENT The inspiration for my paintings comes from images of landscapes; the urban landscape and the narrative of my "inner landscape." Within these worlds, I express my...

Looking toward Downtown Los Angeles Skyline

Mount Washington is a historic neighborhood in the northeast area of Los Angeles. The painting captures the glow of the sun setting on the Los Angeles downtown skyline. Ilana expres...

Acrylic on Paper Framed An atmospheric light quality created with bold color and high contrast gives the painting a glow. The patterns of the Los Angeles urban landscape are a part of the organiza Ilana Bloch is a well-regarded artist, teacher, juror and active member of the Los Angeles art...

Expressing the life energy of the landscape is achieved through the use of gestural brushwork and the vibrant use of color. Ilana Bloch is a well-regarded artist, teacher, juror and...

Santa Monica City Lights

This is a very soft semi abstract landscape painting of a wooded scene. The artist uses the woods as a vehicle to allow color itself to sing in this soft glory. The piece is layere...

KRISTIN MOORE, a native Texan, holds an MFA from Otis College of Art & Design in Los Angeles and BA in Art from St. Edward’s University in Austin. Kristin’s paintings can be found in collections across North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Solo exhibitions include Jonathan Ferrara Gallery in New Orleans, Commerce Gallery...

KRISTIN MOORE, a native Texan, holds an MFA from Otis College of Art & Design in Los Angeles and BA in Art from St. Edward’s University in Austin. Kristin’s paintings can be found in collections across North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Solo exhibitions include Jonathan Ferrara Gallery in New Orleans, Commerce Gallery...

My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens when I am outside in large open spaces. Painted images act as a tool. I respond to the spaces my art suggests. That response is usually non-verbal. I am interested in the experience of non-duality that “getting lost” in big spaces can sometimes produce for me. The paintings have gone through a range of artistic treatments with the recent years seeing a focus on space, light, textures, atmosphere and distance. My landscape paintings are made from memory, not from on-site drawings or photographs. I use memory as a filtering agent to remove non-essential visual elements. When a work is successful, it must have a sense of poetry. There is nothing “new...

Oil, acrylic, ink and sand on wood panel Purple, blue, aqua, black, teal, indigo, violet, lavender, gray Geometric abstraction

"Earth (Laying It All Out)" by Gigi Chen is an original acrylic painting on a cradled wood panel measuring 36" H x 36" W x 1.75" D. This piece captures a male bowerbird in his nest ...