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June Issue 2006
Hidell Brooks Gallery in Charlotte, NC, Features Works by David Kroll
Hidell Brooks Gallery in Charlotte, NC, is presenting New Paintings, featuring works by David Kroll, on view through June 30, 2006.
Kroll recently moved from Chicago where he was teaching at the Art Institute of Chicago and now resides in Seattle, WA, painting full time. He received his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and his MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago. Kroll recently had a solo exhibition at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana. His paintings can be found in the collections of the Microsoft Corporation, Philip Morris and AT & T.
Kroll uses a repertoire of lush backdrops of
sepia-toned landscapes fore-grounded with isolated objects such
as vases, fruit, birds and butterflies.
In his own words, Kroll says, "Our lives have become increasingly
removed from nature. Wilderness has been reduced to isolated refuges.
As new development and building spread, there are fewer wild areas."
"I feel a link to America's early landscape painters. Whereas they document the progress of civilization with its attendant loss of the wild and unknown, I want to reclaim the wilderness. We can no longer experience unknown wild areas. We can visit designated wild areas and parks. We have become removed from nature, both physically and intellectually, yet I believe a connection to nature is needed. It seems ingrained in our psyche."
"I paint refuges, places to go for solace. I want my paintings to be destinations of quiet and calm," adds Kroll. "However, this world is fragile. The elements in the foregrounds are items carefully constructed, either by humans or animals. Yet, they are objects easily broken or destroyed. Birds represent messengers from the wild. They embody beauty and fragility. They are visitors that remind us of lands beyond, wilderness. The distant landscapes in my paintings are remembrances of the natural past, vaguely familiar and pleasing."
Kroll also adds, "The Natural world seems essential to me but I am puzzled by how one can integrate it into our urban lives. Although, we are neither able nor willing to return to an arcadian state, we still need to have a relationship with nature. I want to add a sense of balance, order and beauty to a world that is weighted in the opposite."
For further information check our NC Commercial Gallery listings, call 704/334-7302 or at (www.hidellbrooks.com).
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