Aldo Luongo artist article in the new edition of Plumage-TX magazine

Read the article online and see it in the newest edition of Plumage-TX Magazine at:

http://issuu.com/gdelgado2010/docs/plumagetx_draft_2

Keep Pourin the Wine Mr. Arvid .........

First Pour

Thomas Arvid

60” x 18”

11/40 enhanced giclee

Quintessa Wine label

First Pour, the newest giclee edition released by Thomas Arvid pays homage to a Napa Valley label (Quintessa) with its signature angular perspective and compositional completeness- glass, bottle, and corkscrew.  Arvid proceeds with deliberate off-the-canvas slants that seem to stunt the elements in a seemingly haphazard tipsy aesthetic-an Arvid tilted room effect.

Picture perfect painterly renditions capture the hyperrealism version of this studio set-up that spotlights the reflections in the wine glass, the shimmer of the liquid, and metallic silver finishes; obsessively seamless ovals, curves, and ellipses portray the physicality of this still-life better than a photograph ever could.

Over the past few years Thomas Arvid has celebrated his first museum exhibition, "Arvid: Reflecting the Good Life," at the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art in Marietta, Georgia; in addition to successfully shutting down a Chinese counterfeit ring that was flooding the art market with fakes and forgeries.

It’s rumored that Arvid has a 7 year waiting list on original paintings.  Understandably, he works wherever he can, even doing watercolor sketches and paintings on the plane flights as he travels back and forth from California and other wine sponsored events.

Showing strength in size, First Pour measures a larger than life 60” x 18”, making for a vertical masterpiece that admiringly displays the vintage; a stunning selection any wine connoisseur would enjoy.

First Pour can be purchased at J.R. Mooney Galleries of Fine Art. Call 210.828.8214 for pricing.

©Gabriel Diego Delgado

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