Last week while researching the beautiful art work of Takao Tanabe, Stone Parliament of ART found another treasure! Ironic we had to travel to Calgary to the Paul Kuhn Gallery to find this local artist.
I find his paintings calming with a twist that takes the viewer into his work for a closer look all the while drawing you in to explore an even further depth. You keep looking and trying to find something wondering if it's there or not...are you missing something hidden behind the gentle shadows? Two of my favorites are below. Enjoy.
Stuart Oxley lives in Elora, Ontario and works at the Riverside Studio. He's well known not only for his own work, but for the prints he has helped prominent Canadian artists produce. Oxley works with pastel, charcoal or color intaglio processes to produce lyrically abstract images. In these paper pieces, fields of white or colour are punctuated by enigmatic, seemingly spontaneous marks. The lines and contours range from crayon-like scribbles, to minute dashes and spirals rendered with precision and force. Oxley is intrigued by the nature of the mark themselves: their weight, size, placement and association. Rather than creating a literal transcription of the world, Oxley seems to be trying to get under the surface of things. His language of intuition and spontaneous mark-making seems to sit at the edge of consciousness.
Stuart Oxley Installation @ Paul Kuhn Gallery.
View Stuart Oxley's work on paper HERE.
Oxley’s work is represented in public and corporate collections across Canada including: Canadian pacific, Imperial Oil, Nova Alberta Corporation, Esso Canada, Bank of Montreal, Nickle Arts Museum, London Regional Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario, University of Guelph, Wilfred Laurier University, Queen’s University and St. Mary’s University.
The artist's CV.
Images: From Paul Kuhn Gallery, 724- 11th Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta
2 comments:
Lovely; thanks for sharing. This is such a zen moment in my day.
You're welcome TDEC.
When I came across his work I fell in love with it-I kept looking deeper into his paintings trying to find something more than what might be there. They're simply intriguing.
Danielle:Thank you for your kind comment. We try to bring good content into the blog, but you might find some lame posts too. With much going on this time of year, it's hard to blog so we hope we don't disappoint you! :)
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