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September 13, 2005
Crush at LA Louver
American Fork, 2005
oil on canvas
8 x 12 1/2 feet
I went to see Rebecca’s show at Louver on Friday. Wow, what a knock out! The gallery was full of big, juicy, beautifully painted canvases. A total feast for the eye but with enough content to keep your mind spinning long after you have left the gallery. Love the skies, love the moody, sensitive adolescent boys, love the luminous skin of the gal in the tub but mostly I love the mysterious encounters that happen in and around this house.
Congrats, Rebecca. Excellent pictures!
Check out her other paintings here and you can read a bit more about the work here.
Here are a few more glimpses of my favorite location. These earlier paintings are not in the current show but you can still drool over them on-line.
Discipline, 2002, Oil on Canvas, 96" x 144
Close, 2001, oil on canvas, 9 x 14 feet
Posted by lk at September 13, 2005 08:03 AM
Comments
Those are absolutely beautiful...so much depth and rich colors...I love it.
Posted by: April at September 19, 2005 10:16 PM
Sounds like we should all meet back in "Zion" as they call it, choke down one Shirley Temple for my dad and then move on to the good stuff.
Posted by: buttergun at September 15, 2005 10:12 AM
You're welcome, Rebecca. If I lived in L.A. I would have definitely come to the show.
I drove through Salt Lake City when I moved back from the East Coast. The Great Salt Lake was amazing.
As for a Shirley Temple, I haven't had one since I was a kid going to drop off bets at a bar called "The Green Lantern" with my Dad. Some left-handed bookie also taught me how to shoot pool. (This is the only thing I can do left-handed.)
Such a colorful childhood...
Posted by: Kelly at September 14, 2005 03:55 PM
My pleasure, Rebecca - I'm always here for you. I have kicks in the pants or cocktails and compliments at the ready, depending on what you might need at any particular time…
I would love to visit the "Salt Palace" at some point. I have never been to Utah and I haven't had a Shirley Temple since I was 6! Sounds like a perfect a date!
Posted by: lk at September 14, 2005 11:01 AM
Wow, can a person cyber blush? Thank you for the kindness and the kick in the ass when I needed it. Such generous compliments count double coming from you. Someday you should come with me to photograph that "Salt Palace." We can drink Shirley Temple's by the pool.
Thank you too Noah. Great to see you on Friday. I think you are probably right about balcony boy.
Thanks Kelly! I am lucky to have the best job in the world.
Posted by: buttergun at September 14, 2005 09:35 AM
I agree- great show Rebecca. I was ruminating about Salt Palace myself. I sense the man on the balcony has been overstepping his bounds.
Posted by: Noah K at September 13, 2005 04:13 PM
These are gorgeous pieces! The colors are so rich and expressive and the images just jump off the canvas. Congratulations to Rebecca!
Posted by: Kelly at September 13, 2005 09:24 AM