JUAN ESCAURIAZA: SETTING THE SCENE
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SETTING THE SCENE
Setting the Scene showcases new large scale works of acrylic on linen, through which Escauriaza explores the American experience and San Francisco’s urban landscape. His subjects, rendered with a delicate balance of sharp precision and lively brushwork, highlight his “outsider” perspective as he examines the sides of the city that are frequently overlooked.
To look at Juan Escauriaza’s paintings is to be reminded of the work of Edward Hopper, whose depictions of the modern landscape revealed ordinary moments brimming with life. With a similar reliance on the nuances and drama of light and shadow, Escauriaza seeks to unfold the experience of memory and emotion with his intimate views of the commonplace and familiar. His work offers us a chance to see the beauty hidden in what we may easily pass by, and reminds us to seek awareness and appreciation for the simpler moments in our life and our surroundings.
After the global lockdowns of the last two years, Escauriaza’s paintings call attention to everything we no longer take for granted - a cloudless blue sky, an encounter on the street corner, or the character of our local neighborhood.
— CK Contemporary
Rock & Rye Acrylic on linen 63 75 x 38 12 inches
Acrylic
Thrift
on linen, 51 x 51 inches
Water Tanks
Acrylic on linen, 31 75 x 45 50 inches
Modern #3 Acrylic on linen, 51 x 51 inches
Raised
Acrylic
on linen, 44 75 x 76 37 inches
Haight Ashbury
Acrylic on linen 39.25 x 28.75 inches
Clouds # 5 Acrylic on linen, 51 24 x 63 62 inches
9579 Surf Acrylic on linen 51 x 38 inches
Alice Acrylic on linen, 38 12 x 45 75 inches
Street Corner III Acrylic on linen, 39 25 x 39 25 inches
3126 Acrylic on linen, 32 x 45 75 inches
Acrylic
Pagoda
on linen, 28 62 x 39 37 inches
Snacks & Deli
Acrylic
on linen, 38 x 63 75 inches
From the Window
Acrylic on linen, 31 x 31 inches
The Fisherman Acrylic on linen, 31 50 x 31 50 inches
Acrylic
Alone
on linen 51 x 32 inches
Oakland #2 Acrylic on linen, 38 x 51 inches
La Fundación #3 Acrylic on linen, 29 50 x 51 inches
No End Acrylic on linen 51 75 x 38 75 inches
Franklin Acrylic on linen, 19 75 x 19 75 inches
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