Patty deGrandpre

"Picnic", Contemporary, Flowers, Red, Yellow, Blue, Mixed Media Print, 2022

2022

Patty deGrandpre’s “The Beauty on the Way There” is a predominately turquoise blue, black, grey, and red contemporary abstract landscape represented on a 16 x 20 x 2 inch “Ampersand Claybord” block embracing creative photography, mixed media, and collage. Snapshots of a Western United States highway and it’s vast scenic surroundings are printed on Awagami Bamboo Japanese paper in both black and white as well as monochromatic red. The prints are cropped and combined with thoughtfully shaped monoprint fragments and collaged onto smooth fields of turquoise and grey hued water based block printing ink. The graphic design approach to this modern composition is appreciated as the viewer recognizes a glimpse through a car window of distant mountains and roadside terrain. A rectangular red and blue print reminiscent of vintage floral wallpaper...

Patty deGrandpre’s “The Long Part of the Drive” is a predominately blue, yellow, and gold unique contemporary abstract landscape represented on a 16 x 20 x 2 inch “Ampersand Claybord...

Patty deGrandpre’s “Red Road Black Chair ” is an 11.5 x 9 inch unique inkjet monoprint represented on 16.5 x 11 inch Awagami Bamboo paper embracing both digital printmaking and creat...

Patty deGrandpre’s “Landlocked (The End of the Line)” is an 14 x 11 inch unique abstract mixed media print represented on Awagami Bamboo Japanese paper utilizing both printmaking and...

"The King" by Alexis Kandra is a limited edition signed and numbered giclée print on Moab paper based on an original oil painting with metallic gold foil and gold leaf pen. Edition ...

"The Mountain" by Alexis Kandra is a limited edition signed and numbered giclée print on Moab paper based on an original oil painting with metallic gold foil and gold leaf pen. Edit...

"Permafrost" by Alexis Kandra is a limited edition signed, titled, dated and numbered giclée print on Moab paper based on an original oil painting with metallic gold foil (edition total of 5). The image features a surreal wildlife scene of a fantastical grouping of animals -- in the foreground of the landscape is a (now extinct) saber tooth tiger...

a large scale photograph of lush emerald green nature oasis, a highly detailed observation of the soothing natural beauty of the California redwood forest Redwoods (hexaptych) by Erik Pawassar 48 x 132 inches (122 x 335cm) six panels of 48 x 22 inches / each "frameless" acrylic glass face mount edition of 7 signed archival quality fine art pigment print limited art edition published by Edition EKTAlux artist signed + numbered certificate of authenticity __ "Modern Gallery Frameless", a contemporary alternative to classic framing: photo print is mounted onto aluminum composite for archival support and stability, then sealed behind a protective layer of high quality acrylic glass with polished edges all around. A recessed aluminum back frame adds additional stability, allows instant hanging and provides a floating artwork appearance. _______________________ Erik Pawassar's work focuses on the beauty of the disregarded or mundane object. The subjects for his striking and captivating visuals are typically set in the most ordinary environments, drawing the viewer into a charged but serene experience based on composition, palette and formal lines. Saturated in color, the nominal subjects gather a haunting and mesmerizing quality, creating a poignant pretext for the making of a formal color photograph. Decisively capturing the traces left by humanity, Pawassar's images are filled with a sense of universal nostalgia and pay homage to the passage of time and the extinguished moment, referencing documentary and street photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastian Salgado...