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With a growing list of dedicated collectors,
Randall LaGro plumbs the depths of his own intuition to
create canvases of remarkable intimacy – no matter their size.
You want to look, and look again, at a LaGro painting as your
eye finds veiled images beneath layers of paint; human and
animal forms may appear or recede before abstract elements of
interwoven texture. The slightest detail observed can change
your interpretation of these subtly complex, often mysterious
paintings. For LaGro the first
strokes or washes of paint contain the key to what will follow:
A genesis of un-sketched detail emerges from the color to inform
the direction of a painting. From here the seed of a concept
grows until elements of the artist's experience and technique
are called upon to bring a canvas to fruition. LaGro prefers
washes and fast, expressionistic strokes, occasionally working
sand or mica into the paint, often impressing patterns into wet
paint with lace or linen, or "drawing" on the canvas with one of
his myriad tools.
Another showcase for LaGro's insight and
craftsmanship are the monotypes he produces –
images painted onto a plate of glass and
transferred with great skill onto a single sheet
of paper. Remarkably detailed, they are produced
while working fast and completely intuitively. |