NYAB Event - Jeffrey Vaughn "Thickets and Wildflowers"

Jeffrey Vaughn "Thickets and Wildflowers"

Fischbach Gallery

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Thickets And Wildflowers continues Vaughn’s exploration of mid-range to close-up views of the natural world. Subject matter continues to be mostly trees, typically in a thicket or forest setting, and there are images of wildflowers in the form of dogwood blossoms, and wildflowers in preserves and park settings. This exploration includes the interplay of light on trees and flowers. Vaughn’s paintings are derived from his photographs, which are source material for capturing a specific light and time of day. Compositionally, there is typically no focal point in the paintings, but rather an overall emphasis of shape and pattern based on the natural growth patterns found in trees, branches, and plants. These patterns are often lively and have curving, and twisted forms as well as vertically straight trees that take on a painted life of their own.

During the painting process, the paint application seems to develop in a way that suggests the details of the subject without literal depiction. This is evident when one views the paintings up close. His work has been described as a quasi-pointillist technique. From a viewing distance, the paint strokes optically mix to describe a realist image.

Jeffrey Vaughn was born in St. Louis in 1953, and in 1978 received his B.F.A. from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, and in 1983 his M.F.A from the University of Dallas, Irving, Texas. He currently lives in the St. Louis area. This is Vaughn’s second solo exhibition at the Fischbach Gallery.