Tag: Chuck Close
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William Stoehr, “Icons,” at Space Gallery in Denver
William Stoehr’s paintings of women’s faces are Amazonian. The canvases on view in ICONS at Space Gallery are seven feet tall. It’s as if the women are staring into your soul with their large, basketball-sized eyes positioned at eye-level for the average human viewer. Laine, Destiny and Priscila all come to life in metallic acrylic…
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Face to Face at DAM: Portraits up Close as seen on adobeairstream.com
Face to Face is not merely a show about the many ways to draw a face, that’s oversimplistic. It’s an exhibition of work that challenges identity and representation, filled with the work of subjects portraying subjects with all their fractured and complex elements. By looking at these images we know more about the artist, the…
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From Visual Arts Source: Face to Face, David Kroll on the fragility of humanity and nature, and Love Lines
David Kroll, “Egret on Small Globe,” 2009, oil on canvas, 28 x 32″, at Robischon Gallery. Continuing through April 17, 2010 Robischon Gallery Denver, Colorado David Kroll paints with the touch of an Old Master. Refined layers of oil on canvas, linen and paper are applied to capture not only the exquisite light of a…
Leanne Goebel 