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Jeff Aeling: "Land and Sky"
JEFF AELING
Land and Sky
SHERRY LEEDY CONTEMPORARY ART
2004 Baltimore Ave. Kansas City, MO 64108 816.221.2626 sherryleedy.com
Catalog design Allison King
Photo credit Todd Thomas
Cover image South From Mt. Mitchell, KS
JEFF AELING
Land and Sky
September 6th - October 19th, 2019
The paintings of Jeff Aeling tell the experience of being on the land, the power of nature and the beauty of light. They reveal to us a deep connection to the vastness of the landscape of our country. Informed by the history of art and science, Aeling looks at the mutual embrace of land and sky as a twenty-first century observer. He shows us the specific qualities of a particular day and season, the temperature cool and the atmosphere clear, or, warm and humid, winds blustery or still, as he searches for the essence of what is universal.
Wide-open spaces have always been an essential part of our national identity and Jeff Aeling’s landscape paintings serve as a contemporary metaphor for the expansiveness and openness of America itself. Aeling’s paintings anticipate memory and capture the transitory and eternal as one.
The paintings of Jeff Aeling are held in numerous museum and corporate collections including The Beach Museum, Manhattan, Kansas; The Denver Art Museum, Colorado; The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri; The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art and Sprint World Headquarters, Overland Park, Kansas; The Museum of the West, Tucson, AZ; Tucson Museum of Art, AZ; Exeter Oil Corporation, Denver, Colorado; and DST Systems, Kansas City. Missouri.
South From Mt. Mitchell, KS Oil on panel 24” x 36”
Penumbra Near Alton, KS Oil on panel 24” x 36”
Afternoon, Sycamores Oil on panel 36” x 24”
Thunderstorm, South of Wamego, KS Oil on panel 8” x 10”
Late Afternoon, North of Alma, KS Oil on panel
Kansas River Valley Oil on panel 48” x 72”
Evening Cumulus Near Alma, KS Oil on panel 48” x 72”
Near Alton Missouri, Facing East Oil on panel 48” x 72”
Thunderstorm Near Junction City, KS Oil on panel 10” x 14”
Last Light, North of Alma, KS Oil on panel 8” x 10”
Afternoon Cumulus Near Alma, KS Oil on panel 34” x 48”
Last Light, Creek and Trees Oil on panel 48” x 34”
Sunset, South of Wamego, KS Oil on panel 34” x 48”
Afternoon, South of Wamego, KS Oil on panel 10” x 14”
Evening, North of Alma, KS Oil on panel 10” x 14”
Twilight Clouds, North of Alma, KS Oil on panel 34” x 48”
Early Spring Oil on panel 34” x 24”
Bend in Creek Oil on panel 14” x 10”
Sycamores Oil on panel 48” x 34”
