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Artist Statement:
Spheres, clear and colored
glass marbles, emerge in my
creative works and are objects
of my predilection. They have
transparency, the capacity to
hold light or reflect it and
the ability to enclose
objects. Checkered tiles
bestow perspective and space
which brings recollections of
my short rearing in Cuba.
Stained glass (vitrales) is
individually designed and the
study of the light and
reflections that emerge from
it engage me in each painting.
My favorite medium is oils
which allow reworking and
glazing. A painting starts out
with a thought or concept
which I instantly sketch out.
As I commence developing
further sketches I study
visual and written reference
material for symbols,
architectural structures and
integrated objects.
Composition is significant and
I unconsciously find myself
applying the mathematical
ratio of the Golden Section in
order to achieve balance and
direction. Prior to
transferring the final sketch
to canvas I usually arrange
the colors and the areas of
lights and darks. It is then
that I concentrate on the
method of applying paint and
the spontaneity of each
brushstroke.
My vocation as an illustrator
taught me the art of visual
storytelling which I currently
apply to communicate my
personal life experiences in
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Artist Exhibitions:
Join me at Scan Design Art
Event in Hollywood, FL
Saturday, March 12, 2011
AT: Scan Design of Hollywood
4150 North 28th Ter
Hollywood, FL 33020
TIME:6-9 PM
A few of my works will be on
exhibit.
Guests can also enjoy musical
entertainment, fine wine and
spirits courtesy ...
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Roger Calle Biography:
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Age
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57
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
2
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Surrealism - (1924 - 1955)
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| Your Personal Biography |
Roger Calle was born in Havana, Cuba in 1954 and arrived in the USA in 1962. An honors graduate of the Newark School of Fine & Industrial Arts in 1976 and a student of the Famous Artist Schools at an early age. He has had numerous exhibitions throughout New Jersey and South Florida over the past 40 years. His works has encompassed both the fine art and commercial arts with published works in magazines, paperback illustration and advertising design. His style has evolved into surrealism due to his realistic paintings in the world of comics and paperback illustration.
Roger is an avid oil painter who has worked in different mediums such as pencil, watercolors, acrylics and clay sculpture. Drawing and design is the basis of art. Line in varieties of thick & thins is what motivates his works and usually comes through in his finished paintings either boldly or subtle.
Exhibits include the Newark Museum, Newark Public Library, Branch Brook Library, Trenton Museum, Kean College, Botega Art Gallery, Gallery One, Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American art, Cuba Nostalgia Museum, Casa Elian Museum, Vanidades Gallery, Hortt 38 exhibit at the Ft. Lauderdale Museum of art, Art in the Tropics, Merrick Art Festival, galleries in Miami and web based exhibits.
Assorted paintings in private collections.
You can stay updated with Roger Calle’s art through his personal web site www.rcalle.com.
E-mail: roger@rcalle.com
Phone: 305-822-2508
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