Artist Information:
Spence Munsinger
Franklin, MA
United States
Member Since: Sep 2008
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Artist Statement:
Sunsets:
acrylic on canvas painted
impasto and brush over
airbrush, 24" x 30" x 1.5"
gallery-wrapped
A series of 22 paintings.
There is no moment of more
intense color and beauty, so
completely ephemeral - it
won't last and that instance
that is ultimate, that changes
and it's gone.
With SUNSETS I am synthesizing
that moment. These are the
experience of a sunset - you
come up over the hill, and you
see a moment of sunset, you
feel an inner awe at the color
and the intensity, you try to
hold time still, to grab for
the camera, to hold it in your
mind. The sun sinks and the
light changes and that supreme
aesthetic, that moment you
found resonant is gone.
In that moment of trying to
hold and encompass, you widen
the senses, to grab the
panorama. Instead of
concentrating on the colors
and center and light over the
ocean, you widen your
attention and focus. The
sunset is clear, but you also
try to hold the periphery -
road, sand, sidewalk, trees,
silhouettes of buildings, the
bright light cascading across,
the color tinges from the
experience. All of that.
If I painted photographically,
the scene ...
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Spence Munsinger's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Spence Munsinger's Portfolio.
Sunsets:
acrylic on canvas painted impasto and brush over airbrush, 24" x 30" x 1.5" gallery-wrapped
A series of 22 paintings. There is no moment of more intense color and beauty, so completely ephemeral - it won't last and that instance that is ultimate, that changes and it's gone.
With SUNSETS I am synthesizing that moment. These are the experience of a sunset - you come up over the hill, and you see a moment of sunset, you feel an inner awe at the color and the intensity, you try to hold time still, to grab for the camera, to hold it in your mind. The sun sinks and the light changes and that supreme aesthetic, that moment you found resonant is gone.
In that moment of trying to hold and encompass, you widen the senses, to grab the panorama. Instead of concentrating on the colors and center and light over the ocean, you widen your attention and focus. The sunset is clear, but you also try to hold the periphery - road, sand, sidewalk, trees, silhouettes of buildings, the bright light cascading across, the color tinges from the experience. All of that.
If I painted photographically, the scene ... |
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