Dimensional multi-media work by David Gross

Title: “Color Convergence” Exhibit
Location: Cafe Trio
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Description: Trio’s partnership with Hilliard Gallery continues with an exhibit of recent works by KC artist, David Gross. With over 30 years experience, his award winning imagery is known for its depth and intensity of color.

David continues to approach each new canvas as a pristine world in which to place his mark. Just as a writer faces a blank page, an artist faces a blank canvas, and according to Gross, “There is nothing more terrifying or exciting than this blank space.” , David paints simple, straight-forward subjects in a visually simplified manner: landscapes, floral landscapes, still-life. “I’ve traveled throughout the United States painting nature, striving for simple clarity and equiste color.”

With an BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute, an MFA from Indiana University, and subsequent studies at the Skowhegan School of Painting in Maine, David prefers to paint straightforward subjects—landscapes, still life studies, floral landscapes—in a visually simplified manner, striving for clarity and exquisite color. Strongly influenced by the Fauve movement of the turn of the century; Gross journeys into the world of abstract expressionism creating in his works a balance between the organic reality of the “place” and “non-representation” by juxtaposition of geometric shapes, layers of texture and bold color.

Start Date: 2010-06-28
End Date: 2010-08-14