 
Swedish artist Ola Rosling is inspired by the drama in a roiling bank of clouds, an ocean churning off a shoreline, or the sensual sweep of a gown. Yet his works are more than naturalistic mirrors. The forces of nature are certainly his subject matter, yet with his inclusion of human figures, the paintings gather an empathetic, dreamlike quality. There are stories in these figures, and, as in his paintings of sea and sky, there is turbulence, both physical and emotional.
Rosling's brush is as quick as his eye, and as forceful as a potent memory. As our gaze follows his vigorous brushwork, we are possessed by the emotional upsweep of his storms, and the pathos in his isolated figures. His painterly style palpably brings forth the urgency of a single moment in nature. To capture an instant on canvas is to elevate that instant, and the beauty of these works is accompanied by this power to move us.
Ola Rosling's commanding yet sensitive works are testaments to the power of memory, and to an artist's aspiration to restore nature, both in ourselves and in the physical world, to its elevated place in our existence.
Figurative Gestures
Reception:
Thursday May 10, 2007 6-8 PM
Exhibition Dates:
5/4/2007 - 5/24/2007
Invitation to
Ola Rosling's exhibition
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