Frank Webster "In the Landscape of Extinction..."
Blackston
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Webster's recent large-scale acrylic on canvas paintings, watercolor and pencil studies of landscapes featuring abstracted architectural structures and natural elements found in urban settings further his exploration of the rough and sober beauty of the modern experience. The artist's paintings examine the interconnection of natural and synthetic in the urban context. In the overlap of 'green' and 'gray' perspectives, he envisions an ephemeral model of constant evolution: one that is brutal and unsentimental, yet simultaneously poetic and delicate. Webster's work, neither reactionary nor pessimistic, is resolutely modern. It embraces the sublime in the ordinary and accentuates a sense of grace in the process of decay. These recent works emphasize a precise, post-expressionist style reminiscent of the New Objectivity movement. Webster's approach can be described as tonalist-precisionist, with an emphasis on kitchen sink realism.
[Image: Frank Webster "Haze" (2009) acrylic on canvas 80 X 60 in.]
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from January 21, 2010 to February 28, 2010