Marcela Krause Porter

Dominant reds, yellows and oranges lend a searing heat and atmosphere to Marcela Krause Porter’s moody figurative and abstract works. Most of her paintings feature one figure – generally a female nude – against spectacularly tactile, weathered backdrops marked with, in some cases, refreshing splashes of blue or green. Occasionally, entire compositions are given over to flowing, overlapping hues, with fiery ochre shades running across planes fractured by blinding lights peeking through mysteriously from underneath.

Set against these incredibly vibrant and gripping colors, the Chilean artist’s bodies and objects gain otherworldly airs, their soft colors and fleshy textures standing in sharp contrast to the pure heat and shimmer surrounding them. Krause Porter’s bold hues are exciting and seductive, but also, especially when they surround fragile human frames, dangerous and threatening, even overbearing. Many of her paintings dramatize an essential paradox of life: the world, in all its unexpected and striking beauty, entices us to action despite our inherent frailties, conveyed so eloquently in these slumped, poised bodies.

Masters of the Imagination: The Latin American Fine Art Exhibition
Reception: Thursday September 16, 2010 6-8 PM
Exhibition Dates: 9/10/2010 - 10/1/2010

Invitation to Marcela Krause Porter's exhibition

Colors
Acrylic & Oil on Canvas
54" x 54"
$3800
Colors
Acrylic & Oil on Canvas
54" x 54"
$3800

Green
Acrylic & Oil on Canvas
27.5" x 51"
$2800
Green
Acrylic & Oil on Canvas
27.5" x 51"
$2800