Douglas Newton "Unwrapped"
Dacia Gallery
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Dacia Gallery presents, "Unwrapped", a solo exhibition of realistic paintings by Douglas Newton. Newton's paintings use candy, food and other ordinary objects, juxtaposed in fresh, unexpected ways. He captures the colors and textures of objects in oil paint, without following the usual conventions of still life painting.
The paintings are all done directly from nature in oil on canvas. No photographs are used. Newton feels that the eye sees many more subtle nuances in light and shadow, than the camera registers. Also, real, three-dimensional objects are much more inspiring to work from than a flat image.
Brilliant color is also a signature quality of the paintings of candy. Oil paint best captures the magical quality of light, with all its attendant reflections, shadows, and subtle graduations of tone. In all these paintings, his emphasis is on color, texture and atmosphere, which give his paintings a delicate soft touch.
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Schedule
from December 01, 2011 to December 10, 2011
Reception For The Artist on 2011-12-08 from 18:00 to 22:00
Artist Talk and Intro at 7:30pm