Artist Spotlight:
Moving Paint: The Art of Earl Biss
(1947-1998)
" I believe my work was most influenced by the European masters- the violent translucent skies of Turner, the impressionistic brush work of Monet, the illusive suggestiveness of Whistler's landscapes. I also have a great admiration for the stark emotional statements of Munch and Kokoschka. I was much taken by the landscapes of the American painter Albert Pinkham Ryder and by the garish color schemes of the Fauve movement. I believe that my work projects these admirations with obvious awareness of the freedom of Pollock, DeKooning, and the action painters of the late fifties.” - Earl Biss