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Silence & Sagebrush
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JEREMY LIPKING Silence & Sagebrush
MARCH 13 - 21, 2021 SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
ART, The Way I See It by Jeremy Lipking Saturday, March 13th 10:00 am ARTIST RECEPTION & SALE Saturday, March 13, 2021 5:00 - 7:00 pm draw will start at 6:00 pm Sale will be conducted by draw. Those in attendance at the opening will be given preference on the sale of selected items. Please contact the gallery for more information, (480) 945-1113.
In a remarkably short period of time, Jeremy Lipking has emerged as one of the country’s premier realist artists. His talent, which rivals that of the late nineteenth century painterly realists such as John Singer Sargent, Joaquin Sorolla and Anders Zorn, is outstanding for a painter of any age. Like these great painters of the past, Lipking is a virtuoso artist. His canvases convey the magical aura of convincing imagery emerging out of a field of paint. Realism has been misunderstood through most of the twentieth century as an art of imitation. In truth, when practiced by a painter like Jeremy Lipking, realist painting is a powerful creative force. Many viewers are drawn to his art thinking that it looks just like a photograph. Actually Lipking’s vision is the opposite of what a camera does. A photograph tends to flatten an image, reducing all relationships of color and shade to a stiff mechanical pattern. Lipking’s skill lies in his ability to probe in and around his subject. With a highly sensitive eye, he sees nuances of value and hue that the camera and most people can never see. More incredibly, he is able to translate his highly nuanced vision into a painted image. Lipking’s true subject is his pictorial fluency. Seeing one of his paintings involves entering into the pictorial world he has created. Like all great realists, he has the ability to generate powerful fictions. I have had the pleasure to watch Lipking paint on a number of occasions. The experience is both exhilarating and baffling. Lipking begins his paintings in a surprisingly loose, painterly manner-something I never would have expected. He makes initial marks to find the scale and proportions of his subject. Then he applies a broad under-painting of color to capture the desired hue and value. At this stage his paintings look almost abstract, consisting of a pattern of large color shapes. Lipking’s characteristic brushwork or gesture is what I like to call the “open touch.” What I mean by this phrase is that Lipking applies paint in broad, loose facets, often leaving areas of bare canvas in between. In subsequent additions the open areas are gradually filled in, creating a breathing lattice-like structure of paint. In a curious way, the method is somewhat like Cezanne’s manner. But whereas Cezanne emphasized the discontinuity of his touches, Lipking works with close values, so that the result is a seamless veil of color. The magic occurs in the finish. As he progresses, he gradually refines each area, adjusting relationships of color and adding deft touches to define select elements. He brings certain forms to a razor sharp level of finish. Other passages are left vague and undefined. In this interplay of sharp and loose, the painting literally opens up and breathes. This is what makes his art seem so lifelike. Instead of resting as static images, his canvases pulse with the subtle energy of a living thing.
Michael Zakian, Ph.D.
Director, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art Pepperdine University
Desert Song 36'' x 40'' Oil
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Gathering 36'' x 18'' Oil [6]
Protector 24'' x 18'' Oil [7]
Of Earth and Sky 20'' x 16'' Oil
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A Mother’s Blessing 30'' x 40'' Oil
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Moonrise Over the Valley 40'' x 60'' Oil
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Golden Woodland 20'' x 16'' Oil
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Vermilion Cliffs 30'' x 40'' Oil
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Flicker 16'' x 20'' Oil
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Sierra’s Path 40'' x 24'' Oil [ 14 ]
Bluebonnet 16'' x 20'' Oil
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Sharing Secrets 36'' x 24'' Oil [ 16 ]
Becoming 20'' x 16'' Oil
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Song of June 16'' x 12'' Oil
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES 2019 - First Place Portraiture Award International Art Renewal Center Salon 2016 - Fredrick Remington Painting award at the Prix de West Exhibition Oklahoma City, OK 2014 - Winner of the Prix de West, for his painting Silence and Sagebrush. Oklahoma City, OK 2014 - Winner of the Art Renewal Center Salon 2013 - Best in Show International Art Renewal Center Salon 2013 - Purchase Award International Art Renewal Center Salon 2013 - American Artist magazine named him one of the 75 greatest artists of all time 2008 - “Honor Award” Portrait Society of America International Portrait Competition, Philadelphia, PA 2007 - “First Place” Portrait Society of America International Portrait Competition, Washington D.C. 2007 - “Finalist, Landscape Category” Art Renewal Center’s International 2007 ARC Salon 2007 - “Honorable Mention, Sill Life Category” Art Renewal Center’s International 2007 ARC Salon 2007 - “Honorable Mention, Figurative Category” Art Renewal Center’s International 2007 ARC Salon 2007 - “Third Place, Drawing Category” Art Renewal Center’s International 2007 ARC Salon 2006 - “Best of Show” Portrait Society of America International Portrait Competition” Dallas, TX 2002 - “Museum Acquisition Award” California Art Club 92nd Annual Exhibition, Pasadena Historical Museum, Pasadena, CA 2001 - “Museum Director’s Award” California Art Club 91st Annual Exhibition, Pasadena Historical Museum, Pasadena, CA 2001 - “Best of Show” California Art Club 91st Annual Exhibition, Pasadena Historical Museum, Pasadena, CA
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