Michael Gregory

Jasper

2016

Edition of 4

Michael Gregory was born in 1955 in Los Angeles, CA and received his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1980. Previously living and working in Bolinas, California, Gregory h...

Joel Shapiro received his B.A. in 1964, and his M.A. in 1969 from New York University. Since his first solo exhibition in 1970, Shapiro's work has been the subject of more than 160 s...

Text reads: "He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there when Jem waked up in the morning." - Harper Lee "To Kill A Mockingbird"

Work by Sam Moyer

"The Factory Builds Eternally East" depicts a open skies and city lights. This scene is of no particular place, but rather Carpenter's 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...

mixed media on canvas

JOAN NELSON UNTITLED, 1984 egg tempera on masonite 24 x 18 in. 61 x 45.7 cm. signed and dated on verso landscape castle