ANGELA PERKO
ON EXHIBIT:
JUNE 9 - AUGUST 5, 2007 Angela Perko’s second solo exhibition with Sullivan Goss takes us on an artistic journey through colors and shapes, as well as a personal and spiritual journey through missions, temples, and the natural landscape. She continues to paint, with saturated colors, forms that are void of extraneous elements. The eye is not distracted by active brushstrokes; simple shapes and pure color overlay the undeniable sense of life and motion that simmer within each canvas. Missions dance and mountains shiver with a palpable rhythm. This new body of work continues to resonate with the Canadian Group of Seven whom Angela cites as a significant influence; the Seven utilized bold colors and a soft curving line in the elements of landscape. She has expanded that style, however, by incorporating her imagination to create a sense of place, rather than a specific represention. Mission Doorway, Buenaventura, 2007 24 x 12 inches | oil on canvas
The painting Campo Santo de Maya, combines all the elements
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of this exhibition into one work; it is symbolic, festive,
Campo Santo de Maya, 2007
religious, historic, a still life, a landscape, and a fantasy in one
70 x 55 inches | oil on canvas
monumental painting. - Susan Bush, Director of Contemporary Art
ABOVE:
Dancing Mission, 2005 12 x 9 inches | oil on canvas RIGHT:
Santa Barbara Mission with Moon, 2006 30 x 24 inches | oil on canvas Near the Mission, 2005 40 x 30 inches | oil on canvas
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View from Tunnel Road Abstract #2, 2006 12 x 9 inches | oil on canvas RIGHT:
Old Sycamore, 2005 36 x 24 inches | oil on canvas
Along Camino Cielo with Storm Clouds #1, 2007 24 x 36 inches | oil on canvas
Leda and the Swan, 2007 22 x 28 inches | oil on canvas RIGHT:
After the Storm, 2007 24 x 36 inches | oil on canvas
Las Positas Valley with Storm Clouds, 2006 30 x 40 inches | oil on canvas
Orange Tulips, 2006 22 x 28 inches | oil on canvas RIGHT:
Goleta Beach with the Towers, 2002 20 x 30 inches | oil on canvas
TO PREVIEW THE EXHIBITION ONLINE, VISIT: http://www.sullivangoss.com/exhibits/angelaperko2007.asp
SULLIVAN GOSS AT NIGHT:
SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2007 FROM 5 - 7PM 11 EAST ANAPAMU STREET SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
Sullivan Goss A N A M E R I C A N G A L L E RY
7 East Anapamu Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 730-1460 www.sullivangoss.com