Francis Livingston “THROUGH A MODERN LENS”
Fr ancis Livingston
Meyer Gallery 225 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.983.1434 800.779.7387 www.meyergalleries.com
Francis Livingston is an expressive painter whose work depicts traditional western subject matter through a modern lens. The Sun Valley artist brings a unique perspective to western painting with an unexpected fauvist-style color palette, rich paint quality and gestural brushwork, setting him apart from classic southwest painters. For his Solo th Exhibition opening August 20 , Livingston presents a new collection of southwest landscapes and Native American portraits, alongside a series of purely abstract works. Livingston’s distinct painting style is a culmination of influences from his life and career, which has roots in Colorado but extends to San Francisco and New York. Since settling in Idaho after 25 years in California, Livingston has been captivated by Native American culture and architecture, the unique light and color of the landscape, and the region’s rich artistic history. This fascination with western culture is reflected in his paintings, with subject matter reminiscent of work by the early Taos Founders, an influential group for Livingston and for many painters in the area. It’s Livingston’s expressive brushwork and vibrant color that distinguishes his style, which is strongly influenced by French Impressionists, Tonalists and the Bay Area Figurative Painters, who he studied earlier in his career. Livingston’s loose representational style easily lends itself to abstraction, which will also be present for his Solo Exhibition. “It’s really not a big leap for me to paint abstract,” says Livingston, whose sense of composition and color remain consistent. “It’s still within the framework of the way I like to see things.” A figure in the landscape is simply “pattern against pattern,” as the artist tends to build his representational scenes as arrangements of color, shape and form, regardless of subject matter. “It’s still about creating a surface that when viewed, is interesting,” he says.
The Forest Turning oil
36 x 36
Layers oil 15 x 15
Wi nt er Tra ck i n g
oil
48 x 48
Pat h wa y
oil
16 x 16
Open Field oil
20 x 20
Palace Avenue
oil 14 x 11
Day Moon oil
14 x 11
Snow Journey oil
20x20
Sheep oil
30 x 36
Red Tower
oil
19 X 13
Meadow Light oil
36 X 36
A Light Snow oil
26 X 30
Sage Hills
oil
30 X 30
Ochreus
oil
36 X 36
In Rougue
oil
48 X 14
Violet Sky oil
12 X 12
In Light oil
10 X 10
Luminescence oil
16 X 16
In Glow oil
24 X 24
Green Feathers oil
14 X 11
Kachina in Grey oil
14 X 11
Empire Lights oil
48 X 14
Direction oil
10 X 10
Structure oil
10 X 10
Blaze oil
12 X 12
Fr ancis Livingston “THROUGH A MODERN LENS” Price List
Winter Tracking Palace Avenue Pathway
oil oil oil
48x48
$24,000
14x11
$2,800
16x16
$4,200
Layers
oil
15x15
$3,800
The Forest Turning
oil
36x36
$13,000
Open Field
oil
20x20
$6,200
Day Moon
oil
14x11
$2,800
Snow Journey
oil
20x20
$6,200
Sheep
oil
30x36
$11,200
Red Tower
oil
19x13
$3,900
Meadow Light
oil
36x36
$13,000
A Light Snow
oil
26x30
$10,000
Sage Hills
oil
30x30
$10,500
Ochreus
oil
36x36
$12,500
In Rougue
oil
48x14
$6,800
Violet Sky
oil
12x12
$2,800
In Light
oil
10x10
$2,400
Luminescence
oil
16x16
$4,200
In Glow
oil
24x24
$7,200
Green Feathers
oil
14x11
$2,800
Kachina in Grey
oil
14x11
$2,800
Empire Lights
oil
48x14
$6,800
Direction
oil
10x10
$2,400
Structure
oil
10x10
$2,400
Blaze
oil
12x12
$2,800
Fr ancis Livingston
August 20 - September 2, 2021
Meyer Gallery
225 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.983.1434 800.779.7387 www.meyergalleries.com