More Art by Curtis and Tess
Riverbend Art Center in the Spring.
Paintings by Curtis and sculptures by Tess.
Curtis has consistently explored colors and shapes and composition. The
rhythm of the lines through this painting ...
relate well to the rhythms in this sculpture by Tess.
Curtis can use colors and shapes to create something fairly representational.
And he often creates self-studies.
Or he can compose the colors and shapes in a more abstract manner,
yet often referring to the human face/head.
Or shapes and colors that convey human body language in social contexts.
The mask is another recurring topic in Curtis' art.
The mask becomes a figure with worlds of colors and shapes inside
the eyes and the breasts.
The mask combined with representational still life.
And the mask as self-portrait.
Tess creates a sculpture of rocks...
Which, on further inspection, reveals human figures.
The female -- realized, not idealized.
These are from a series of Appalachian women studies, I believe.
I enjoy relating this image to one of Curtis' masks.
And, on leaving Riverbend Art Center, I enjoy relating this image along
the road to images by Curtis and Tess. Both his compositions of shapes
and colors, and her composition of rocks and human figures, are richer,
more
developed (more artistic?) than this natural, undeveloped composition.