Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 6

Alex Roulette
Billboard

2020

About the Item

Represented by George Billis Gallery, NY & LA -- When the mind is uncertain the body decides. In the morning I woke to see yesterday’s landscape obscured by fog. I was trekking through a gorge and I continued along the trail with my visibility restricted to only few meters ahead. Putting one foot in front of the other I followed the trail, a rock face to my left and on the right a cliff to unknown depths. Eventually the fog transformed to take on the shape of clouds, stretching and shifting to reveal the periphery of the landscape. The top of the mountain began to appear through the gaps in the fog. The peak appeared taller and more assertive than I remembered, there was a power held in the concealed parts. The paintings explore tension caused by the unknown and unseen. Constructing an imagined world where the familiar is disrupted and a new light is shed on the ordinary. The uncanny imagery speaks to the strangeness of everyday life. In order to capture moments that have never happened, I use a process of collaging various photographic references. Rendering the paintings in a realistic way brings immediacy, but further inspection sparks curiosity because of the inherent falsehood. The fictional scenes depicted in the paintings, piece together non-linear narratives from a youthful perspective. I focus on adolescence because it’s a time filled with strong desire, curiosity, and discovering how to relate to the world. The paintings attempt to find meaning within the physical distances of objects and activate the spaces in-between, while investigating how people engage with others and environments in non-social ways. Everyday encounters will often evoke recollections of the past without conscious effort. I draw from these memories of places and experiences, although I question the reliability of my memory. It feels as though the more time passes, the events get distorted and start to become more about perception and less about reality. Memories turn into myths and only recall chosen aspects of the past. When I’m painting I use the liberties the medium allows to dislocate objects and figures, recalling the hazy state of memories in which certain details fall into place while others fade away. The observed mingles with the imagined within the paintings. I think back to moments traveling when time felt endless. Days spent on trains and buses, looking though windows to get a glimpse of the countless unknown places passing by. Each one containing worlds which I will never set foot in nevertheless my imagination allows stories to form against these backdrops. Memories arrive without choice and blur the past with the present. The train will inevitably pulls into its final destination in the dark. Waking the next morning in a fog surrounded by unfamiliar sights and smells, a feeling of unease and nervousness takes over. It is as though you look down towards the net that would be there to catch your fall, appears now to have too many holes. It no longer feels safe.
  • Creator:
    Alex Roulette (1986, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2020
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Fairfield, CT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU18326015512
More From This SellerView All
  • The Grid
    By Derek Buckner
    Located in Fairfield, CT
    Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --Born in 1970, Derek Buckner at present lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife and their two sons. The artist graduated from LaGuard...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Panel, Oil

  • Down Town
    By Karen Woods
    Located in Fairfield, CT
    Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --“I do think the big problem in a way…is how you deal with ordinary life—that is not extraordinary, that does not involve heroism,...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Panel

  • Park
    By Karen Woods
    Located in Fairfield, CT
    Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --“I do think the big problem in a way…is how you deal with ordinary life—that is not extraordinary, that does not involve heroism,...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Panel

  • Light Shower 1
    By Karen Woods
    Located in Fairfield, CT
    Represented by George Billis Gallery, NY & LA -- Karen Woods writes of her work: "I paint in the realist tradition as a way to communicate the sublime in the ordinary. For several ye...
    Category

    2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Panel

  • Night Climb
    By Alex Roulette
    Located in Fairfield, CT
    Represented by George Billis Gallery, NY & LA -- When the mind is uncertain the body decides. In the morning I woke to see yesterday’s landscape obscured by fog. I was trekking throu...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Organic Material, Oil, Panel

  • A Backlit Rose
    By Jeffrey Vaughn
    Located in Fairfield, CT
    Represented by George Billis Gallery. There is a sense of freedom that I experience when painting landscape. The quality of these kinds of images allows for expression and interpret...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Wood Panel

You May Also Like
  • Pastoral Landscape w Cattle Cows 19th century Oil Painting by Russian Master
    Located in Stockholm, SE
    Signed lower left “Orloff” and ascribed on the name plate “C.Orloff” for unidentified professional Russian artist painter. However short research within artprice web data base gets m...
    Category

    Mid-19th Century Realist Animal Paintings

    Materials

    Wood, Oil, Wood Panel

  • Bow Bridge, study in Spring
    By Nicholas Berger
    Located in Greenwich, CT
    Bow Bridge, Central Park, NYC Nicholas Berger’s career as an artist spans three decades and has brought him national and international acclaim for his paintings. A listed artist, hav...
    Category

    2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Panel

  • "Nantucket"
    By Paul Crosthwaite
    Located in Lambertville, NJ
    Signed Lower Left Paul Crosthwaite (1911 - 1981) Paul Crosthwaite was a respected member of the New Hope art community. He was born in Pelham Manor, New York and after studying in architecture for two years decided upon a career as an artist. With that in mind he enrolled in the Art Students League in New York City studying under John Sloan, Raphael Soyer, Yasuo Kunioshi and Morris Kantor. In the mid-thirties he and artist John Sharp...
    Category

    20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Panel

  • Rocks Catching Rays
    By Jean LeGassick
    Located in Pasadena, CA
    Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement “Painted late one day after hiking up into the Comstock hills outside my home in Silver City, Nevada, to...
    Category

    2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Linen, Oil, Panel

  • Crest of Glory
    By Amy Sidrane
    Located in Pasadena, CA
    Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement “The full day of painting was only a rehearsal for this moment. Much like an athlete, every part of your...
    Category

    2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Panel

  • Running Waters; Taos, New Mexico
    By Tim Solliday
    Located in Pasadena, CA
    Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Description “Running Waters” is a plein air painting done in Taos, New Mexico. Solliday depicts the Rio Peublo de Taos, a...
    Category

    2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Panel

Recently Viewed

View All