Laura Robinson

Caribe

2017

Artist Comments
This painting is from my imagination of an old white schoolhouse in a quiet county setting. These old schoolhouses once dotted the countryside, close enough for children to walk to in most weather.

About the Artist
Sharon France...

Artist Comments
Laura remarks of her attraction to this scene, "the color of this remarkably well preserved house, the rich history behind it. How the light reveals the under...

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Inspired by the architecture of industrial buildings, artist Ruth LaGue simplified the forms through shape and color. By taking away elements from the original image, Ruth allows for the dominant shapes to emerge and offers a clean modern composition.

About the Artist
In her abstracted landscape paintings, Ruth LaGue pares composition down to its barest form. Through simple color, line and form, landscapes are invoked, rather than detailed. Ruth adjusts the placement of the horizon line in her paintings to suggest a range of natural formations. She stretches form, line and color to their limits, providing the least amount of visual information needed to understand the landscape. Her color palette is nuanced and each color is distinctly her own. She is deeply influenced by her childhood in Alaska and her travels to India. While in India, she found an indelible connection between the vast, wild landscape of her childhood and the limitless internal landscape of the soul. Ruth’s beautifully simplified landscapes become metaphors for the spiritual or otherworldly realms inherent in both nature and in the self.

Words that describe this painting: landscape, industrial, buildings, architecture, factory, architecture, representational, modern , acrylic painting, blue

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Inspired by the quintessential small towns of America, artist Ruth LaGue shares, "I wanted to capture the sun shining brightly on the farmhouses by simplifyin...

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Artist Ruth LaGue shares, "I focused on this cypress tree in a small courtyard in the south of France." In this modernist piece, brilliant colors remind of th...

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This painting is loosely based on the Holyrood Palace in the city of Edinburgh. The dynamic between the delicate hidden patterns at the top and the commanding columns leading our way to them is at the center of the work. It plays on concepts of perspective, height and motifs. With nowhere to gaze but up, a fresh, different outlook on architectural landscapes is presented.

About the Artist
Southern California transplant Marie-Eve is heavily influenced by the region’s natural environment and beauty. She works from a studio inside her San Diego home where she enjoys looking out the window to draw inspiration from the sunlight’s effect on the landscape. Marie-Eve’s work occupies a unique space at the intersection of fine art and stylized modern design, utilizing both representational and abstracted subjects. She juxtaposes organic forms with clean planes, thick outlines, and blocks of color that delight the eye. Using limited but carefully selected color palettes, Marie-Eve joyfully articulates concepts and elements of the natural world through a clean, modernist aesthetic.

Words that describe this painting: Europe, columns, architecture, Edinburgh, Scotland...