“Each painting is a kind of discovery, a discovery of new forms, color relation, or balance in composition. With every painting completed, the artist may change his viewpoint to suit the discoveries made, making his vision many-sided.”
-Robert Colquhoun
July is an especially busy month and I look forward to presenting my new paintings. As I write this, nine new paintings are on the way to Chicago for the July 23rd opening of “Surface Elements”, a two person show at Gallery KH. Next week a number of new works will be delivered to the Cousen Rose Gallery for a feature show opening July 17th. Beginning July 22nd, the Lagerquist Gallery will be featuring a collection of my works.
"Shifting Admiration" 48" x 36" work on canvas
Quite often I think of the view from an airplane window and how the surface below is mapped out by the intervention of the human hand. The roads, the buildings and homes, the congestion in contrast with open spaces and how those elements interact with natural elements and each other. There is somehow always an ordered sense of chaos, a quiet beauty, when the landscape is viewed from above. Borrowing from virtual images of the earth’s surface, I have enjoyed the ability to travel over the landscape at will. My paintings for this new series of work have been influenced by the complexities of pattern, structure of lines and vast open spaces discovered through those virtual travels.
Gallery KH
“Surface Elements” featuring the works of Deborah T. Colter & Charlotte Foust
July 23 - September 7, 2010 Opening Reception: Friday, July 23, 2010 5-8pm
Cousen Rose Gallery
Will feature the works of Deborah T. Colter
July 17 - July 24, 2010 Opening Reception: Saturday July 17, 2010 7-9pm
Lagerquist Gallery
Will feature a collection of works of Deborah T. Colter
Exhibit runs from July 22 - August 6, 2010
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes
but in having new eyes.”
-Marcel Proust
Painting is available from Gallery KH, Chicago, Il.
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Very interesting post. I love the description of travelling over landscapes… great insight into your work. Your new works are sublime!
I like the way you’ve described the view of landscapes from a plane. In this piece, I’m seeing something I hadn’t noticed on your FB post: Wonderful drips of brown paint over white below! If you’ve seen my work, you’ll know I have a “thing” for quiet controlled chaos, using drips, solid edges….ie, seemingly opposing visual elements to unify and balance the painting.
This painting really resonates. I look forward to seeing more from the series.