MARK WEBER
Aleatoric Still-life
A different kind of aleatorician is Mark Weber in that the element of chance is in his subject matter rather than his execution. Against dramatically unlit backdrops scraps of detritus become stately icons fraught with jarring symbolism and incongruous importance by virtue of the excrutiating precision and detail with which Weber renders them. Using the classical techniques of the Dutch and Italian masters Weber achieves what can best be described as photosurrealism by hyper-contrasting vividly lit foreground imagery with mysterious shadowy depths that appear draped in a dream. After seeing his latest body of work Special Intentions you’ll never look at a discarded snarl of twisted wire or a splintered hunk of driftwood in quite the same way.
Read MoreA different kind of aleatorician is Mark Weber in that the element of chance is in his subject matter rather than his execution. Against dramatically unlit backdrops scraps of detritus become stately icons fraught with jarring symbolism and incongruous importance by virtue of the excrutiating precision and detail with which Weber renders them. Using the classical techniques of the Dutch and Italian masters Weber achieves what can best be described as photosurrealism by hyper-contrasting vividly lit foreground imagery with mysterious shadowy depths that appear draped in a dream. After seeing his latest body of work Special Intentions you’ll never look at a discarded snarl of twisted wire or a splintered hunk of driftwood in quite the same way.
Special Intentions is a group of oil paintings on paper. My ‘intention’ is that something in each of these paintings will relate to you on a personal or universal level, and that you will find these paintings to be both spiritual and hopeful. They are intended to encourage thoughts about the journeys each of us are involved in, rather than offering answers or telling a specific story or narrative.
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Mark Weber oil & Alkyd on canvas 45 x 45
Mark Weber oil & Alkyd on canvas, 52 X 46
MWeber oil & Alkyd on canvas 45 x 45
Mark Weber oil & Alkyd on canvas 44x44
Mark Weber oil & Alkyd on canvas 52 X 46
Mark Weber, oil & Alkyd on canvas, 46 X 52
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MWeber oil & Alkyd on canvas 41 x 41
MWeber oil & Alkyd on canvas 46 x 52