Jivan Lee
The Way Home, Oil, 24" x 60" (diptych)
Thrumcap Island from Pemaquid Point, Oil, 36" x 58"
Exhibition: Our Land February 6-18, 2017
Reception: February 9, 6:30-9pm
Altamira Fine Art Scottsdale az@altamiraart.com
Altamira Fine Art Scottsdale is pleased to present Our Land, the first solo exhibition for Jivan Lee in Arizona. Please join us for the Artist Reception on Thursday, February 9 from 6:30-9pm during the Gold Palette ArtWalk.
Pre-sales available. Call 480-949-1256, or email az@altamiraart.com.
The paintings in Our Land range from coastal Maine to the mountains and high desert of New Mexico. Each piece was predominately painted on-location with the final touches completed in studio. “I’m an artist who loves material. If nature is my inspiration, paint is my muse. I love that it’s tactile in a digital age; I love that it’s versatile. I love that from a raw colored paste one can create images and convey emotion and movement and meaning. It’s moldable, messy, and also precise; it’s a full-body medium. I welcome its feeling, its color, and its directness. I believe deeply in the healing, transformative power of nature. It’s a big part of what inspires my work and drives my evolution as an artist. It’s my hope that this group of paintings will bring moments of power, beauty, and solace back from the wilderness of Our Land and into daily life.” ~Jivan Lee
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
JIVAN LEE
ALTAMIRA FINE ART SCOTTSDALE az@altamiraart.com
Jivan Lee is an oil painter based in Santa Fe, NM. He grew up in Woodstock, NY and studied painting at Bard College. His work explores the nature of paint as raw material, creator of image, and catalyst for emotional response, and is increasingly addressing the complexities of how humans see and shape their environment. His paintings are rhythmic, textural responses to the Western landscape in its many forms. Jivan paints on-location from direct observation, attempting to relay the unique sentiment of each moment and place that inspires his work. The resulting paintings transition between abstract fields of color, topographical planes, and recognizable imagery; one can discern actual places and things in each piece, but simultaneously see that these images arise from paint—tangible substance—applied in bold, colorful, celebratory passages. Jivan’s paintings have been exhibited nationally and covered in top publications including Fine Art Connoisseur, Southwest Art, Art Business News, and Plein Air Magazine. Jivan’s work was featured on the cover of Southwest Art Magazine’s February 2015 issue. Phoenix Home and Garden Magazine featured Lee in a six page article, “A Respect for the Land” in the December 2016 issue. 5
SHOW CATALOG
ALTAMIRA FINE ART SCOTTSDALE az@altamiraart.com
JIVAN LEE
A Storm in the Sunset Light, Oil on Panel, 16″ x 20″
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JIVAN LEE
Evening Swell, (diptych) Oil on Canvas, 20″ x 64″
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JIVAN LEE
Casco Bay from Portland Head, Oil on Panel, 16″ x 20″
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JIVAN LEE
Halfway Rock #2, Oil on Panel, 12″ x 16″
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JIVAN LEE
Halfway Rock and the Surly Sea, Oil on Panel, 24″ x 18″
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JIVAN LEE
High Above the Chama, Oil on Panel, 48″ x 36″
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JIVAN LEE
On the Road to Chimayo, (triptych) Oil on Panel, 30″ x 90″
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JIVAN LEE
Santa Fe Overlook #7, Before Dawn, Oil on Panel, 24″ x 24″
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JIVAN LEE
Santa Fe Overlook #5, Low Sun Falling, Oil on Linen, 32″ x 26″
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JIVAN LEE
Santa Fe Overlook #6, Midday Shadows, Oil on Panel, 36″ x 30″
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JIVAN LEE
Santa Fe Sunset #1, Oil, 40″ x 70″
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JIVAN LEE
Taos Mountain, After Sunset, Oil on Panel, 16″ x 20″
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JIVAN LEE
Taos Mountain, Day’s End, Oil on Panel, 16″ x 20″
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JIVAN LEE
The Way Home, (diptych) Oil on Panel, 24″ x 60″
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JIVAN LEE
Thrumcap Island from Pemaquid Point, Oil on Canvas, 36″ x 58″
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UPCOMING SHOWS IN SCOTTSDALE Jivan Lee “Our Land” February 6-18, 2017 Reception: February 9, 6:30-9pm Jared Sanders and Robert McCauley “Shelter/ Edge of Town” March 6-18, 2017 Billy Schenck, Dennis Ziemienski & Robert Townsend, “Spring in the Desert” March 20 - April 1, 2017
2 LOCATIONS: JACKSON, WY + SCOTTSDALE, AZ
172 Center Street | Jackson, Wyoming | 307.739.4700 7038 E. Main Street | Scottsdale, Arizona | 480.949.1256 For more information on gallery artists visit www.altamiraart.com