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Artist Statement:
Sunsets:
acrylic on canvas painted
impasto and brush over
airbrush, 24" x 30" x 1.5"
gallery-wrapped
A series of 22 paintings.
There is no moment of more
intense color and beauty, so
completely ephemeral - it
won't last and that instance
that is ultimate, that changes
and it's gone.
With SUNSETS I am synthesizing
that moment. These are the
experience of a sunset - you
come up over the hill, and you
see a moment of sunset, you
feel an inner awe at the color
and the intensity, you try to
hold time still, to grab for
the camera, to hold it in your
mind. The sun sinks and the
light changes and that supreme
aesthetic, that moment you
found resonant is gone.
In that moment of trying to
hold and encompass, you widen
the senses, to grab the
panorama. Instead of
concentrating on the colors
and center and light over the
ocean, you widen your
attention and focus. The
sunset is clear, but you also
try to hold the periphery -
road, sand, sidewalk, trees,
silhouettes of buildings, the
bright light cascading across,
the color tinges from the
experience. All of that.
If I painted photographically,
the scene ...
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Spence Munsinger Biography:
| Biographical information for Spence Munsinger can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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49
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
2
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| Religion |
buddhist |
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| Education |
Undergraduate Work |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
not provided |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Pop Art - (1958 - 1975)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Tom Wesselmann
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Night Fishing at Antibes
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Picasso, Hopper, Frazetta, Wesselmann, Matisse, Miro, Pollock, Lichtenstein. Many others, Henry Moore for example, and Rodin. Artists who find a freedom in their expression and whose communication endures because it speaks, despite the passages of time |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I have always drawn and painted and found that that kind of communication, in paintings and imagery, was essential, to me. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
bio:
I was born in California,
have lived in Oregon, Connecticut,
Illinois, Colorado, Florida, Texas, and Massachusetts.
I grew up in a
sleepy beach town
north of San Diego,
then cut my early teeth
on Los Angeles and
UCLA art school.
I have always
drawn and painted.
--spence
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