Paul Scott Gallery Presents:
MARTIN DIMITROV
A Garden Study - 2021
MARTIN DIMITROV
“My artwork is created through direct observation (from life) and/or from imagination. I avoid the use of technology while conceptualizing or executing my work because I choose to draw my inspiration directly from nature and my memories. I apply this approach because I believe that the impact that nature has on our senses, visual and otherwise, cannot be approximated by technology. Nature’s effect is both subjective - influencing our emotional state, as well as objective - the range of light and color that our naked eye perceives is yet to be matched by a photograph. Thus, by working directly from life or imagination, I hope to achieve a more immediate and personal interpretation of the subject.”
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A Garden Study - 2021
is a series of still-lifes of roses that was painted from life as the roses were quickly changing and withering. The passage of time is subtly suggested in the works by means of discontinuous or unfinished shapes. In addition, evidence of the painting process is left exposed – e.g. grid marks, preliminary painting layers, or raw canvas is visible in the works, as a tribute to an artist, whom I highly admire – Antonio Garcia Lopez. In this way, an extra dimension of meaning – namely the process of painting itself, is imbued in the works. -3-
Garden Roses 4 • 20" x 16" • oil -4-
White Rose • 24" x 20" • oil -5-
Garden Roses 3 • 20" x 30" • oil
Pink Rose 2 • 24" x 20" • oil -8-
Garden Roses 1 • 22" x 26" • oil
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Garden Roses 2 • 22” x 26” • oil - 10 -
Pink Rose • 22” x 18” • oil -11 -
Red Rose • 14" x 12" • oil
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