Hidden Falls by Charles Pabst

“Hidden Falls”

 Charles Pabst

32" x 48"

Giclee  No. 22/50

$3,600

-Gabriel Diego Delgado, San Antonio 

gabrield@jrmooneygalleries.com

"Hidden Falls"

-----Center point compositions are usually banal and uninteresting. Why spoon-feed a compositional array of visual ingredients to the layman or self-appeased viewer?

But, Hold that Thought!…..In Charles Pabst’s new Giclee releases of his current art market collections; “Hidden Falls” stands out as an eloquently whispered soliloquy of sensational thought. This simple arrangement of balanced tree line landscape novelty forces one to question the innocent single point perspective that drives your eye straight into the timidly tiered waterfall. I can regard Pabst of being a “Seasonal Shah” of impressionistic autumn and fall majesty.  His T. Kinkade-esque approach to sensational landscape paintings opt for a simplistic manner of understanding and appreciations. The foreground, middle and back all line up in a proper pattern of textbook elegance. Overly straightforward this type of aesthetic is the most basic and uncomplicated way for all of us to appreciate talent and intent.

However, audacious are his choices of color palette; over-emphasizing the decision for gallant golds, tantalizing tangerines, boisterous bolds of seasonal hues- reflective of specific geographical locations (mostly Arizona).

With a center of ambient sunlight blanketing the “v”- shaped core of the painting, Pabst relies on one elegant but conceptual line of light filled intensity to draw you in. A mystical moment of perfect celestial swathe of warm and inviting sunlit aubade caresses you as you enter this aura of painterly sensuality.

“Hidden Falls” harks back to time spent alone with his beloved wife exploring unbeaten paths for the perfect hidden treasures. Mission accomplished Mr. Pabst. Limited to an edition of only 50, this hidden gem in the new releases has a small print edition that makes for a coveted acquisition.

©Gabriel Diego Delgado

Art Consultant

JR Mooney Galleries: ph. 210-828-8214

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Texas Historical Commission’s Texas Treasure Business Award

J.R. Mooney Galleries of Fine Art received the Texas Historical Commission’s Texas Treasure Business Award on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. for 65 years of business excellence.  Mr. Robert Mooney of J.R. Mooney Galleries of Fine Art was on- hand to receive the Texas Historical Commission’s Texas Treasure Business Award; presented by Senator Jeff Wentworth.  This coveted award is presented to less than 1% of all San Antonio businesses; an honor for the gallery-recognizing its quality framing as well as its representation of regional, national and international fine art. 

Texas Treasure Business Award

Here are some video stills from the presentation of the Texas Treasure Business Award by Senator Jeff Wentworth to MR. Mooney for 65 years of business excellence.

“65 years of Business Excellence--recognized by the City of San Antonio and the Offices of Senator Jeff Wentworth”

On Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 11:00 A.M., Mr. Robert Mooney of J.R. Mooney Galleries of Fine Art will be awarded and receive the Texas Historical Commission’s Texas Treasure Business Award on behalf of the office of Senator Jeff Wentworth for J.R. Mooney Galleries continued 65 years of business-supporting the Texas Art Community.  By providing museum quality framing as well as being a prestigious fine art gallery to a plethora of local, regional, and international artists; J.R. Mooney will join the ranks of other businesses like Univision, Holt Cat and San Antonio Federal Credit Union who have been awarded this Texas Business coveted award.  

How viewing art is affected by current disasters in media

“Memories”

 Clifton

 Oil on canvas

30” x 40”

$895

“Memories” by Clifton, a South Korean painter, hits home with a timely rendition for a self-reflective moment of grief and unfortunately impenetrable sorrow that mirrors the media news with a traditional mundane and trivial topic.

Busted bamboo stilts, ruggedly dispersed wooden slats and piers in shambles can be evidence of a monstrous disaster culled from the tsunami season, post earthquake calculations or global warming super-cells.  These are not positive memories of an older generation of long days of lore, but recent accolades of freshly imprinted destruction-tragic memories of additional devastation. Shimming water reflects the cerulean sky, with a minimal murkiness that adds the mysticism of the moment. As in today’s tragic tales of domestic and international terrorism, unfathomable annihilations of place, people and things, our immediate recognition is of depression for unseen populations affected by such circumstances.  Secured in the lower right corner, the bamboo pier lies unusable, metaphorically a being’s soul, damaged from affected monstrosities; a psyche flirting with PTSD- in a day and age of savageness, incomprehensible evils and unforeseen climate patterns.

©Gabriel Diego Delgado

December 2012 Boerne Business Monthly

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Miniature Expressions

J. Gabriel

Quarters

12" x 16"

Oil on Canvas

$260.00

Expressionistic Abstract Art is a dime a dozen in an over-saturated art market. Pseudo-artists can mimic this replicate-able genre, movement and try to imitate the core of a coveted artistic and intrinsic spiritual intention. But, when intangible abstract discourse is found in the context of South Korean impressionists; it takes on a more interesting analysis. J. Gabriel, a relatively unknown international artist is a lone rogue painter delivering with a multitude of expressionistic paintings that are almost always deliberately  and slightly offset “t’s” and “x’s”- full of emotion in a limited palette of  reds whites, blues, blacks and grays.  Gabriel intentionally tones down the hues to deliver a punch of gestural mark making. A straightforward cross concerto helps present a simplistic compositional arraignment, minus any subliminal undercurrents of politics, parodies, and conceptual allotments found in a majority of contemporary artwork.  This fresh breath of paint thinner laced air exemplifies the reason simple works. However, juxtaposed on this artistically derived minimal hypothesis is the visual play of multilayered pigments of color.  Smeared, raked, and scraped paint by way of palette knife shows the artist’s quick movement, his jerk of instinctive mark making. The blood red peers through blues, violets and blacks as it invades the visual façade. Demanding attention the white is a spiritual rival to the crimson anger.  Accidental color combinations, amoebic shapes, and speckled blotches of opaque color make for a miniature success of a 1960’s era throwback.    

© Gabriel Diego Delgado

Art Consultant, JR Mooney Galleries

Quarters can be purchased at http://www.jrmooneygalleries.com/index.php?route=product/product&manufacturer_id=540&product_id=5063.