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S UE GREENWOOD FINE ART 330 north coast hwy laguna beach, ca 92651 SGFA suegreenwoodfineart.com 949.494.0669
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LAST CALL May 20 – July 10
Glenn Ness Painting is a way for me to tell stories, celebrating our need to connect to each other and to our surroundings. It is not enough for me to just paint a man walking up the stairs. I am intimately involved in that moment as soon as I choose to paint it. I wonder about His story and how it relates to mine. Often I choose not to paint a figure in a scene at all, which overstates an obvious absence. To me, this implies a narrative that lends itself to being internalized in some way. I like to paint both around urban and rural scenarios. My current work is a cross section of both. Cityscapes give me an opportunity to visually explore very complex multiple perspectives and light sources from scenes we may walk through every day. The rural pool scene with its undulating lines and shocks of light and color have a hypnotic effect on me that pulls me inward. Both have a subject matter that celebrates the everydayness of being in the moment and not missing it. My work is a visual commentary on my perceptions of a psychological and spiritual need to connect; to our surroundings and to each other. I explore city scenes, interiors of restaurants and places we may frequent, or even rural back yard pools; to set a stage for a narrative that explores this quandary. Our lives are full of places and people that come, or who have gone, or those we may long to know. My paintings give the viewer the permission to superimpose and examine their own feelings pertaining to the narrative given in each image; i.e. the ubiquitous empty chair implies a presence, or absence that may trigger memory or hope, the story everyone has but many hold secret. Or the empty quiet room that imbues isolation without loneliness, allowing us the freedom to follow thought. City streets where we are surrounded by humanity and the crush of advertisements and faces yet be totally alone. I love realism for its ability to express the abstract. I love the process of oil painting for its ability to translate my own need to confess, to connect, to tell a story we may all read ourselves into.
Cover: Call in December, 2015 12" x 16" oil on panel (framed) $3,500
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Glenn Ness Last Call May 20 – July 10, 2015 Opening Reception First Thursday June 4 6–9 PM
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Last Flight Out, 2015 24" x 36" oil on canvas (framed) $7,500
Call from the Road, 2015 24" x 36" oil on canvas (framed) $7,500
Black Icon, 2015 8" x 10" oil on panel (framed) $1,500
Chem. Trails, 2015 16" x 12" oil on panel (framed) $3,500
Lisa Waiting, 2015 24" x 36" oil on canvas (framed) $7,500
#55, 2015 7" x 10" oil on panel (framed) $1,300
5 o’clock Somewhere!, 2015 8" x 12" oil on panel framed) $1,800
Chrysler Entrance, 2015 24" x 36" oil on canvas (framed) $7,500
Green Gold Icon, 2015 6" x 9" oil on panel (framed) $1,100
Pasadena Antiques, 2015 16" x 12" oil on canvas (framed) $3,500
South Pasadena, A.M., 2015 24" x 36" oil on canvas (framed) $7,500
Entering the Millennium, 2015 48" x 60" oil on canvas (framed) $16,000
Pay Phone, 2015 16" x 12" oil on panel (framed) $3,500
The Long Wait, 2015 12" x 16" oil on panel (framed) $3,500