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Artist Statement for Gainor Roberts
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My biggest thrill as an artist is to evoke emotion from you. I love the drama of light raking across a vase, a face, a nude back, the folds of cloth, or the peel of an orange. When I paint I want to stop time on the canvas and set before you a fleeting second that becomes transcendent and timeless. I see in the ever-changing landscape myriads of colors, shapes, folds, and these are breathtaking when looked upon closely. My paintings range across several subjects: landscapes, still life, portraits, but they all start at that same place, that moment when the flicker of light in a shadowed eye transmits a unique look in a portrait, or the way the banana peel lies, folded back upon itself, never to be that way again, or the clouds as they pile up on each other on a summer’s day radiating the full spectrum of color through the prism of the atmosphere. I want to grab you with color and light and make you laugh, cry, or even get angry when you view one of my paintings. I am rooted in realism, both Impressionism and more academic painting as well, although I explore abstract themes in some of my paintings. I work in oil, watercolor, pastel and egg tempera, using traditional painting materials and methods. I am in love with color.
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