I discovered the beach landscape paintings of wolfgang bloch yesterday in my travels. From a distance it's pretty obvious that the paintings are scenes of the beach but almost equally as compelling is the "rothko-esque" feeling of a study of color. If it wasn't for a turn of white to indicate a wave, this beautiful work could easily play as an exploration of abstracted fields of color and texture. With closer inspection still, I discovered another layer of complexity and depth in his work when I realized that the "canvas" he had used was a mix of wood panels and cardboard. All in all, the result was art that was moody, rich and very compelling. And powerfully lovely too!
ohhh...the top painting reminds me of Gerhard Richter...wonderful.
Posted by: true nature | September 20, 2007 at 06:31 PM