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Erik Gran
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Artist statement and explanation of bodies of work Improvisational and Compositional works I am interested in painting as a way to make a poetic statement based on the visual attributes of: shapes, colors, and pictorial relationships. Some of the images are done freely on canvas resulting in a jazz like structure. I call these images Improvisational. Other works utilize preliminary and intermediate studies. I call those works Compositional. The resulting works are landscape based with roots in twentieth century abstraction. At times they include the human figure. I believe those works constitute a branch style. In my search each style seems to inform the other, leading to an ongoing investigation. Erik Gran, 2007 |
