MTC ART GALLERY

Allan Reynolds

Artist Statement

In developing a philosophy or concept of painting to direct my technique, I have adhered to the aesthetic direction of painting formulated over hundreds of years. For over 40 years I have worked toward this goal of expressing spirituality through the use of color, line and subject matter. I have studied the great masters of painting and have struggled to learn to see as they see in order to express my own perceptual philosophy of life as I see it. There are many influences and teachers of the past and current era that I have used for direction and education, but primarily they consist of Matisse and the Fauves for true expression through color and line and Diebenkorn for his analysis and transmittal of modern art. Others include Lucian Freud, Jim Dine, David Park and numerous others. I also thank my professors in art school, where I received my degree in painting and printmaking. In terms of direction, I strongly believe in the transmittal of the aesthetic by the relation of myself to the object; in other words, the world changed in order to express what I feel or see both intellectually and aesthetically. In terms of execution, I work toward expression through the direct brush stroke and use of pure color, the development of the idea in a plastic medium, and the use of color relationships to express human feeling and spirit.

Education in Art:

Cornish School of Art, Seattle, Washington 1975-1977
University of Texas, Bachelor of Fine Art 1977-1981