Ian Tan Gallery

Mapping the Rockies  - David Pirrie, Mt. Assiniboine Late Summer, 2016

“I need is a new word to describe my work. It’s landscape but not, it has conceptual and formal grounding but uses really Poppy colours, it’s a little science with all the grids and study of geography, it’s very graphic and hard-edged. I could go on…”

See more at:

http://www.westender.com/arts-culture/visual-arts/landscape-painter-david-pirrie-connects-the-dots-1.2224352#sthash.lHmSD2zJ.dpuf 

David Pirrie (2016), Columbia Icefield, Rockies

More new work to be revealed on April 9 with the launch of Pirrie’s solo show: Mapping the Rockies

“These are images of every-place and no-place, partly real but mostly imagined...”  

Edwards’ work is a confession of fabrication. Bypassing tromp l’eoil and titular place names (no “View of the St.Lawrence” to be seen), his work records the construction of anonymous places. Drawing from post-impressionistic modes of representation, Edwards’ landscapes illustrate the process of transcribing an image from the mind of the artist to the canvas. Anchored by the horizon line the composition is divided between land and sky-- offering a vantage point to explore layers of brushwork, tonal balance, and play between varying degrees of opacity.  

See more:

http://iantangallery.com/project/david-edwards/

http://www.davidedwards.ca/

“I value the unknown, the wilderness, the unexplored locations...”  

A dedicated mountaineer, Artur Stanisz ventures into the global landscape in search of natural phenomena to harness as elements of his work. His photographs intensify the sublimity of landscape  and reveal what we often forget exists beyond the bounds of civilization.

“I derive my photography foundation exactly on this idea of capturing unique and unrepeatable junctures. Then I combine my approach with onsite natural landscape experiences enforced by the level of uncertainty and adventure.”

Covering ground from the Canadian Arctic to the far reaches of Patagonia, Stanisz is in constant pursuit of the extraordinary. His work has been featured by National Geographic, Nikon Canada, and the Smithsonian online magazine. More works on view:

http://iantangallery.com/project/artur-stanisz/

http://www.arturstanisz.com/ 

More from Sean William Randall

Sean William Randall, Sometimes, 36″ x 36″, Acrylic on Canvas

More new works on view:

Sean William Randall, new works on view:

Wound Up, 2015

Acrylic on Canvas, 36″ x 36″

Sean William Randall settles us in a monochromatic landscape. The measured horizon is punctuated with architectural tree-lines and waterways. Hues of blue fuse together, bringing to mind that moment of night-meets-day washed across a boundless prairie sky.  

Then there is a car.

Whether the emulsion of fire and smoke tailing behind the vehicle foreshadows a fiery demise or is merely evidence of how the car travelled to our sight-line is left to our interpretation. For Some Roads Randall balances precise details and an illusory rendering of reality to suspend us in a time and place beyond the limitations of the ordinary.

Sean William Randall’s show Some Roads opens December 5, 2015

More works on view:

http://iantangallery.com/project/sean-william-randall/

Kentree Speirs, Axiom, 2015

New Works on view:

http://iantangallery.com/project/kentree-speirs/

Erik Toliusis

Day Dream, 2015, Oil on Canvas

Erika Toliusis

Time, light, and colour. 

A selection of new works by artist Erika Toliusis. 

Faith, 2015, Oil on Canvas, 24″ x 24″

A While Ago, 2015, Oil on Canvas, 24″ x 24″

The Very Instant, 2015, Oil on Canvas, 24″ x 24″

Congratulations to Suzy Kim who has received a huge commission from the Nebraska Art Council to paint a 20 foot tall painting for the new Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at the Nebraska Medical Center!

This photo is a mock-up showing what it will look like - it is based on 2015′s Colored Love, and will adorn the entrance lobby.

http://m.livewellnebraska.com/health/two-artists-will-be-paid-a-combined-to-create-art/article_6cb73516-4b68-11e5-bc72-ef40f05d6c19.html?mode=jqm

Kristofir Dean

Polychromatic Pinch, 2015, Mixed Media on Panel, 24 x 24 in.

Farfalla, 2015, Mixed Media on Panel, 24 x 24 in.

http://kristofir.com/

Robert Michener

Autumn Angler, 1998, Oil on Canvas, 60 x 36 in.