Saturday, May 21, 2011

Wisconsin Mural Project Complete

Oceanside, CA May 21, 2011 In only 10-days, Taylor Gallegos completes mural on the east wall of the Wisconsin Market Building, 608 Wisconsin Street.  The new mural reflects the diverse community that is Oceanside from the perspective of Wisconsin Street’s famous strand access point. Absolutely beautiful! Taylor is definitely making his mark in the San Diego art scene.



Taylor Gallegos has been exhibited in solo and group shows in art galleries and businesses throughout the western United States and abroad. His work is in public and private collections from Hawai’i to New York City, with hundreds of originals and commissions already cherished. In recent years, Gallegos has been extending his work off the canvas into the realms of large scale murals, Surfboards, and live painting at public venues for shows and events. His work can be found on his website TaylorGallegos.com or on his business page, TayloredARTS Inc. on Facebook.


Taylor has always loved, created and studied art—drawing every dinosaur, superhero and athlete he admired since he was a three-year-old in Boulder, Colorado. Gallegos attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO, where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts with a double concentration in both Painting and Drawing. To expand on his formal education and artistic practice, he went abroad in 2004 to study, paint and draw in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. Since then Gallegos has worked in art galleries, studios and custom frame shops, developing his understanding of the professional art world. Taylor Gallegos now lives and creates in Oceanside, California.


Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Mary Jane Ansell, Sean Cheetham, Ron English, Benjamin Bryce Kelley, Miles 'MAC' Macgregor, Ann Marshall, Stephen Wright, Jonathan Yeo - New Masters

Los Angeles, CA May 10, 2011 - Vida Marquesa stops by Subliminal Projects Gallery to see New Masters, a group exhibition of works on the classical figure by contemporary artists Mary Jane Ansell, Sean Cheetham, Ron English, Benjamin Bryce Kelly, Miles 'Mac' MacGregor, Ann Marshall, Stephen Wright, and Jonathan Yeo.

The New Masters exhibition focuses on today's leading contemporary artists and their approach to the classical figure.  These exceptional artists are considered the "New Masters" of today's figure painters, printers and sculptors, invoking the feeling of the Old Master's technical virtuosity with a contemporary approach.   


The classical figure has been admired throughout history and mastering the depiction of the human figure has long been considered the cornerstone of artistic practice.  To perfect their representation of human anatomy, musculature, and proportion, artists throughout the ages turned to ancient Greek and Roman sculpture.  By imitating ancient precedents, the Old Masters of art developed a classical figure type that remained the predominant mode of representation for centuries.  Following, the 16th and 17h centuries of the Renaissance took the classical figure to a higher level through the use of perspective, the study of human anatomy and proportion, and through their development of an unprecedented refinement in drawing and painting techniques. 


In the present day, these leading contemporary artists have a heightened ability to understand and interpret their subject, while emphasizing the mind-set and methodologies that have guided artists for over five hundred years.  Their figures are influenced by characteristics of today - feelings, surroundings, beliefs, and relationships, incorporated with new techniques and mediums, while still holding true the fundamentals of the classical form, thus becoming the New Masters. www.subliminalprojects.com

Miles "Mac" Macgregor http://elmac.net  

Ann Marshall

Ron English http://www.popaganda.com  

Sean Cheetham http://www.seancheetham.com



Mary Jane Ansell www.maryjaneansell.co.uk  Sculpture: Benjamin Bryce Kelley http://benjaminbrycekelley.com
  

Benjamin Bryce Kelley http://benjaminbrycekelley.com

Stephen Wright http://stephenwrightart.com


May 7, through June 4, 2011.
SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS GALLERY
1331 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026