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| featured artist Allan Rodewald |
Galleria Lazzara
www.gallerialazzara.com
Allan Rodewald
www.allanrodewald.com
| totally new ... to push the envelope so that you, the viewer, will say 'Wow, I have never seen anything like that before!'" "The process of creating a piece is intriguing. The concept happens on its own as I am applying the paint. The abstract art emerges from within, spiritually. The colors, shapes and textures guide me on their own. The process is organic, the piece forming as the paint is applied. I am merely a conduit for the idea. I know when a work is complete, when my intuition tells me it is." - Allan Rodewald, Abstract Artist |
The artist knew at an early age that his
life's work would be as an artist. His youth
was spent in rural southeast Michigan
(Ottawa Lake, population 3000), where
mother and father became his first
teachers. Both parents are naturally
talented, though not formally trained or
full-time artists.
With private lessons, Allan quickly moved
from charcoal and pastels, until by 12, he
B.F.A. (1980) in drawing and painting at
Siena Heights College, he studied art in
Florence, Rome and Venice, Italy. There,
his life-long interest in seeing beyond
objective reality began to take root with
tentative experiments in cross-hatching
and other ways of breaking objective
reality down to its basic elements. In 1980,
Allan also painted his first representational
mural.
life's work would be as an artist. His youth
was spent in rural southeast Michigan
(Ottawa Lake, population 3000), where
mother and father became his first
teachers. Both parents are naturally
talented, though not formally trained or
full-time artists.
With private lessons, Allan quickly moved
from charcoal and pastels, until by 12, he
B.F.A. (1980) in drawing and painting at
Siena Heights College, he studied art in
Florence, Rome and Venice, Italy. There,
his life-long interest in seeing beyond
objective reality began to take root with
tentative experiments in cross-hatching
and other ways of breaking objective
reality down to its basic elements. In 1980,
Allan also painted his first representational
mural.
| green wrinkle 44 x 54 oil on canvas |
| white black 42x68 acrylic on canvas |
company, Expressive Design Studios, which specializes in custom paint and graphic
arts for commercial use and private individuals.
By 1996, Expressive Design's business became focused on satisfying increased demand
for murals and commercial graphics for businesses and restaurants such as River Oaks
Grill, The Aquarium, in downtown Houston, and a spectacular 7ft. by 70 ft. mural in the
information center of Houston City Hall.
arts for commercial use and private individuals.
By 1996, Expressive Design's business became focused on satisfying increased demand
for murals and commercial graphics for businesses and restaurants such as River Oaks
Grill, The Aquarium, in downtown Houston, and a spectacular 7ft. by 70 ft. mural in the
information center of Houston City Hall.
places real and fantastical, but abstract art is
much more challenging than any of that."
In 1996 as his commercial business was taking
off, Allan's interest in abstract art began to
rekindle. Expressive Design Studios moved to
a new facility near downtown Houston in
2000. This new location doubles as a studio
and art Gallery; where he can create
contemporary and abstract fine art.
Periodically, the studio becomes a venue for
Gallery showings of these works to the public.
Today, he paints his abstract art on canvas or
aluminum sheet metal. Canvases with work in
progress are not mounted on frames, but
stretched taunt on his studio walls moving
from one piece to the next as the inspiration
comes.
much more challenging than any of that."
In 1996 as his commercial business was taking
off, Allan's interest in abstract art began to
rekindle. Expressive Design Studios moved to
a new facility near downtown Houston in
2000. This new location doubles as a studio
and art Gallery; where he can create
contemporary and abstract fine art.
Periodically, the studio becomes a venue for
Gallery showings of these works to the public.
Today, he paints his abstract art on canvas or
aluminum sheet metal. Canvases with work in
progress are not mounted on frames, but
stretched taunt on his studio walls moving
from one piece to the next as the inspiration
comes.
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