Wheat Pool, 2008
Roy Boyd Gallery
Aerial Tramways: 20" x 16" each, oil on linen, 2008, at Roy Boyd Gallery.
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Aerial Tramway Blue/Aqua, Green/White, Red/Violet
Solo Exhibition
William Steiger
Sugarloaves
April 18th-June 6th, 2008
Sugarloaves
Richard Levy Gallery
514 Central Avenue SW
Albuquerque, NM
505.766.9888
www.levygallery.com
Richard Levy Gallery is pleased to present Sugarloaves, a new body of work depicting rivers and islands by New York-based painter William Steiger. In the past, Steiger has focused on industrial iconography including grain towers, cable cars, trains and amusement park attractions. The images themselves are precise but the stark backgrounds do not rely on details specifying place or time, thereby allowing the viewer to invest their own memories in the landscape. This approach is carried over to the present series comprising islands on a horizon and aerial views of meandering rivers. Inspired by summers in Maine and what can be seen from a plane or a boat, there is a delicate balance between land and water. Extensive use of white emphasizes the abstract quality of the image while the colors and shapes of the land masses provide scale and depth.
Please contact Richard Levy Gallery for more information or additional images.
 Little Sisters (12x16) |
 Sugarloaves #4 (12x16) |
 Switchback (12x16) |
 Watercourse (12x16) |