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530 West 25th Street, New York, NY
In her bright, imaginative cityscapes, painter Linda Rosen captures the swirling, colorful world with joyful exuberance. Utilizing thick, black lines and vibrant planes of unmodulated color, Rosen depicts floating skyscrapers, busy streets, and idyllic houses with spirit and delight. Though the paintings appear to be part of an illustrative fantasy world, many of the works are actually real scenes from the American landscape including the Bronx and the Blue Ridge Mountains, among others. In her acrylic on canvas painting titled Dancing Buildings, Rosen depicts a series of tall structures that sway with movement and dynamism. A background of playful lines lends the work a dreamlike quality. Her painting Going to the Bronx captures the excitement of the ride into Manhattan’s historically rich outer borough. The architecture is simplified into triangles and rectangles, giving the landscape a cartoonish sensibility. Finally, Olympic Park is Rosen’s most abstract canvas, depicting the architecture and landscape as a jumbled swirl of violet, white, and yellow lines that dance wildly around the canvas.
More Buildings, 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 24” x 24”
Village in the City, 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 24” x 36”
On the Road, 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 36” x 24”
Olympic Park, 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 30” x 24”
Going to the Bronx, 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 36” x 36”
Path to Tunnel, 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 24” x 30”
Road to Mary’s Garden, 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 24” x 30”
Factory Funk #2, 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 30” x 24”
Mine is the Last on the Left, 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 24” x 24”
Get Me Out of Here, 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 24” x 24”
Lost, 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 30” x 24”
I Think It’s an Earthquake, 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 24” x 24”
Dancing Buildings, 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 30” x 40”
Factory Funk, 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 24” x 24”
Blue Ridge Mountains, 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 24” x 24”
Can’t Find My Way Home, 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 24” x 24”
When I paint, I get lost in it. The paint just flies; I become so involved, so immersed, that I wind up wearing a good amount of it. I am able to let my emotions out with each brush stroke, and there is no right or wrong. I have always been interested in women’s rights. In the past I have only featured women in my artwork, though now the work I do is more varied; nevertheless, it gives me great joy. The playful, spirited nature of my newer work allows me to create my own worlds. Painting enriches me to such an extent that, when I paint, I forget about the ugliness that has become our country and in the world.
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