Cover: Jazz Suite Acrylic on Canvas 48 × 72 in.
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
Rose Masterpol has worked for three decades as a contemporary abstract painter. She is influenced by a wide range of interests and hobbies, from poetry and music, to her graphic design career.
Masterpol’s work is ever-evolving due to her intuitive approach to painting—her abstractions stream from De Stijl to Fauvism to expressionism to the pure abstract realm. No matter the style, her large-scale works are always expressive, bold, and balanced.
Speak Easy Acrylic on Canvas 70 × 66 in. Opposite: Qualia Acrylic on Canvas 48 × 68 in.
FEATURED SERIES Geometrix
"These living forms—and I consider them living, maybe even sentient—connect, overlap, entangle as they focus and evolve, their lines migrating and meandering into affirmations of intertwined understanding."
Masterpol’s Geometrix series is influenced by her 30 year career as a graphic designer. Unlike her gestural works, these paintings are planned out beforehand and then precisely executed. Geometric forms are carefully choreographed on the canvas, creating color relationships, movement, and tension.
Ablaze Acrylic on Canvas 36 × 66 in.
Mood Board
Acrylic on Canvas
60 × 60 in. Opposite: Clear and Present Acrylic on Canvas 40 × 60 in.
Soloist Acrylic on Linen 60 × 48 in. Opposite: Overtones and Undertones Acrylic on Canvas 50 × 93 in.
52 × 70 in.
Rising Sun Acrylic on Canvas
Brainchild I and II Acrylic on Canvas 48 × 60 in. each
Minerva
Acrylic on Canvas
60 × 48 in.
Opposite: Winter Day Acrylic on Canvas
52 × 68 in.
FEATURED SERIES Runic
The runic alphabet was a writing system used by various Germanic languages beginning as early as the 1st century AD. The original meaning of the word rune is "secret, or something hidden." Masterpol takes a particular interest in the esoteric side of these characters—some indications show that the early runes were not used so much for writing, but rather as magical signs in charms and divination. Each painting in this series consecrates a different rune, with its own symbolism and history.
Uruz
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas 60 × 60 in.
Mannaz Oil and Acrylic on Canvas 60 × 60 in. Opposite: Laguz Oil and Acrylic on Canvas 76 × 54 in.
Polar Day I and II Acrylic on Canvas 42 × 42 in. each
Dames Acrylic on Canvas 60 × 60 in. Opposite: Derby Acrylic on Canvas 65 × 74 in.
FEATURED SERIES America
In this series, the New York born artist explores her American heritage. Through thoughtful and dynamic gestures she celebrates the freedom of expression that we value as Americans. The range of color palettes, canvas sizes, and techniques represented throughout the series calls to mind America's cultural and topographical diversity.
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Liberty Acrylic on Canvas 59 ×
in.
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•La La Land Acrylic on Canvas 66 × 94 in. Opposite: Native Acrylic on Canvas 72 × 48 in.
Renaissance Fine Arts | Baltimore, MD | 410.484.8900
Merritt Gallery | Chevy Chase, MD | 301.564.4447
Merritt Gallery | Haverford, PA | 610.645.9945
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