Reflections in Blue
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 24"

Reflections in Blue

Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 24"

Blue Nest
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Blue Nest

Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Harvest Time
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 24"

Harvest Time

Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 24"

Visions of Kerala 21
Acrylic on Canvas
24" x 36"

Visions of Kerala 21

Acrylic on Canvas
24" x 36"

Night Visions 29
Acrylic on Canvas
24" x 36"

Night Visions 29

Acrylic on Canvas
24" x 36"

Kanjeevaram Series 33
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Kanjeevaram Series 33

Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

1134 Kanjeevaram Series 34
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

1134 Kanjeevaram Series 34

Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Visions of Kerala 20
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 24"

Visions of Kerala 20

Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 24"

Sacred Places within You 31
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Sacred Places within You 31

Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Sacred Places within You 32
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Sacred Places within You 32

Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

1221 Visions of Kerala 21
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

1221 Visions of Kerala 21

Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Rhapsody in Blue
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Rhapsody in Blue

Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Visions of Kerala 22
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Visions of Kerala 22

Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Monsoon Magic
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Monsoon Magic

Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Visions of Kerala 23
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Visions of Kerala 23

Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Kanjeevaram Series 26
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Kanjeevaram Series 26

Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Palm Mandala 24
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Palm Mandala 24

Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Kanjeevaram Series 27
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Kanjeevaram Series 27

Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Kanjeevaram Series 28
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Kanjeevaram Series 28

Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"

Sacred Place within You 34
Oil on Canvas
20" x 20"

Sacred Place within You 34

Oil on Canvas
20" x 20"

George Oommen

Sacred Places: George Oommen / a solo exhibition
November 1 - November 21, 2012

Reception: Thursday November 8, 2012 6-8 PM

Press Release

George Oommen’s works form an unexpectedly harmonious bridge between two worlds. Born in Kerala, a state in the southwest of India, Oommen makes paintings whose sun-infused colors and elegant compositions capture the feel of that area. But while his images, which exude a tropical sensuality, may at first seem casual and open-ended, with their drips and overlapping bands of contrasting tones, the artist’s skill at juxtaposing colors gives his canvases structure and coherence. The result is an architectural rigor that brings to mind such masters of Western abstraction as Barnett Newman and Mark Rothko.

Oommen is strongly attracted to bright shades of paints, and uses them as part of a process that also includes spraying water onto his canvases to create drips. The result is eye-catching but also thought-provoking and manages to be entirely approachable yet somehow transcendent. The textures Oommen creates convey a dreamlike sense of time passing, one that gives his paintings an uncanny ability to linger in the viewer’s memory.

Invitation to the exhibition | Read artist statement and view art for sale on Art-Mine.com

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