Imagine-Observe

Artists:

featuring: Larry Mitnick and Mark Oliver
This show runs from April 10, 2025 until May 4, 2025
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 19, 2-4pm

Artists’ Gallery is pleased to present "Imagine-Observe," an exhibition showcasing the abstract work of architect/painter Larry Mitnick and observational work of architect/painter Mark Oliver. By using inventive techniques and form, these artists continue to push the definition of contemporary art.

Mitnick’s works are hand-painted acrylic paintings on canvas. In each abstract piece the viewer discovers a unique set of spatial, formal and color progressions, often inspired by nature. There are a variety of compositions exploring animated boundaries and voided centers. Contrasting hard-edged opaque and transparent forms with textured brushwork, Mitnick excites one’s eyes, mind and imagination.

Oliver’s works are both hand-painted watercolors on paper and acrylics on canvas. His unique observations take one on a journey through urban centers, stores, housing, streets and often marginal places. The viewer is invited to experience and examine characteristic urban details.

They are architects/painters with similar experiences and sensibilities. Both share their interest in architectural ideas and the geometry of spatial sequences. These contemporaries investigate spatial sequences through perspective, layered spaces, objects and their backgrounds. They explore the play of shadow and light, reflective, transparent and opaque surfaces.

Mitnick and Oliver rely on the viewer to complete the experience, to daydream and venture into a creative dialogue with their work. Please don’t miss "Imagine-Observe" an exciting pairing of creative architects/painters who have integrated their interests in both fields.

See more of the artists’ work at www.larrymitnick.com and www.markoliverart.com.