Neil Masterman

The self-taught British painter Neil Masterman employs multiple styles in his acrylic works, combining impressionism, expressionism, abstraction and fauvism (to name his most overt allusions). His paintings are dominated by strong colors, generally in a wide variety rather than within a single hue. Working with the expressive qualities of his bold colors, Masterman often forgoes minute details, conveying emotion, texture and movement through juxtapositions of strong color planes.

Throughout these mingling styles and colors, Masterman maintains a stable and recognizable aesthetic all his own. This personal style emerges from the uncanny impact of his paintings: at first glance their allusions to earlier styles make them seem familiar, but further engagement reveals their originality. Masterman’s works do not simply allude to preceding artistic traditions. He renews their immediacy in several ways: by placing stronger colors into jarring proximity, by choosing certain extremely contemporary subjects, finally by creating his own hybrid mode through these multiple styles brought into dialogue within his canvases.

Color of Reverie
Reception: Thursday June 26, 2008 6-8 PM
Exhibition Dates: 6/26/2008 - 7/17/2008

Invitation to Neil Masterman's exhibition

Caribbean Sunset Acrylic on Paper 22" x 17.5" $5200 Caribbean Sunset Acrylic on Paper 22" x 17.5" $5200	Norwich Mish Mash Acrylic on Paper 18.5" x 22" $5200 Norwich Mish Mash Acrylic on Paper 18.5" x 22" $5200
Wheatfields Acrylic on Paper 22" x 16" $5100 Wheatfields Acrylic on Paper 22" x 16" $5100	Sunset II Acrylic on Paper 18" x 19" $5100 Sunset II Acrylic on Paper 18" x 19" $5100
Bishops House Acrylic on Paper 23.5" x 27.5" $5400 Bishops House Acrylic on Paper 23.5" x 27.5" $5400	You Guess Acrylic on Paper 23" x 15" $5100 You Guess Acrylic on Paper 23" x 15" $5100
Red Houses After Van Gogh Acrylic on Paper 24" x 27.5" $5400 Red Houses After Van Gogh Acrylic on Paper 24" x 27.5" $5400	Lips Acrylic on Paper 16" x 13" $4900 Lips Acrylic on Paper 16" x 13" $4900
Penny's Flowers Acrylic on Paper 18" x 14" $5000 Penny's Flowers Acrylic on Paper 18" x 14" $5000	My Back Garden Acrylic on Paper 18.5" x 23.5" $5200 My Back Garden Acrylic on Paper 18.5" x 23.5" $5200
Troubles Gone Acrylic on Board 19" x 22" $5200 Troubles Gone Acrylic on Board 19" x 22" $5200	Lanzarote Acrylic on Paper 21" x 18" $5100 Lanzarote Acrylic on Paper 21" x 18" $5100