Judith Kramer
The 2009 Chelsea International Fine Art Competition - Collective Exhibition
August 14 - September 2, 2009
Reception:
Thursday August 20, 2009 6-8 PM
Press Release
Architectural landscapes and scenes of urbanity are the focus of Chicago native, Judith Kramer. In this world, buildings, streets, passageways and the sky come together like interlocking shapes of a complex puzzle. The architecture becomes the protagonist, its streets and windows remain devoid of human presence. She employs flat planes of color to build the environment while tight geometric configurations and texture control the landscape.
Kramer’s unique style is enhanced by her palette which navigates easily between moody concrete grays with dark skies and vibrant hues of sunlight fleshed out in peach, azure, and crimson. Judith Kramer lives and works in Tucson, Arizona.
Artist Statement
My Precisionist Architectural Landscape paintings have always involved architectural landscape interpretations with an emphasis on geometric form, spatial relationships, patterns, color, and further explorations of geometric design. However, it wasn’t until an architect and art historian from Santa Monica, California, compared my work to the work of American photographer and painter, Charles Sheeler, and his self- proclaimed Precisionist style of painting, that I discovered a name for my style of painting. My passion for the drama and precision of simple linear, repeated forms identifies my work. Although the rigors of geometrics are evident in all of my paintings, the way I play with and change perspective can be unsettling, but creates a new dynamic of spatial movement. My paintings are uncomplicated, and appeal to anyone’s love of color and pattern as well as those seeking the stimulation of innovative and unique works of contemporary art.
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