The Stephen Haller
Gallery presents an exhibition of dynamic new paintings by Ron Ehrlich:
White Light. Described by art critic Dominique Nahas as “startling in their
boldness and directness and surprising in their infinite subtleties,” Ehrlich’s
paintings reveal a rare level of skill and a complex methodology.
Even though his work is a bit old school, macho Abstract Expressionism, Ehrlich tackles his paintings with a contrasting muscularity and intellectual vigor. His provocative and intense personality is evident in the vitality of this new body of work.
Best known as a pyrotechnical colourist wielding a blowtorch among other techniques, Ehrlich sees this new series of paintings as a natural evolution. He says he has always wanted to create a metaphor for freedom, and this series is an attempt to get rid of more constraints – to “blow off the edges of the work.”
This new series is a focused exploration of the use of white in his palette and a new sense of color relationships. Ehrlich says he is exploring the light that comes off a white painting in contrast to the light of a dark painting as in the dark backgrounds of a Rembrandt painting for example.
Even though his work is a bit old school, macho Abstract Expressionism, Ehrlich tackles his paintings with a contrasting muscularity and intellectual vigor. His provocative and intense personality is evident in the vitality of this new body of work.
Best known as a pyrotechnical colourist wielding a blowtorch among other techniques, Ehrlich sees this new series of paintings as a natural evolution. He says he has always wanted to create a metaphor for freedom, and this series is an attempt to get rid of more constraints – to “blow off the edges of the work.”
This new series is a focused exploration of the use of white in his palette and a new sense of color relationships. Ehrlich says he is exploring the light that comes off a white painting in contrast to the light of a dark painting as in the dark backgrounds of a Rembrandt painting for example.
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| Ron Ehrlich, Lace 2011 Oil, mixed media on panel 70 x 80 inches # RE11-066 |
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