Francis Livingston : "Through a Modern Lens"

Francis Livingston “THROUGH A MODERN LENS”

Fr ancis Livingston

Meyer Gallery 225 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.983.1434 800.779.7387 www.meyergalleries.com

Francis Livingston is an expressive painter whose work depicts traditional western subject matter through a modern lens. The Sun Valley artist brings a unique perspective to western painting with an unexpected fauvist-style color palette, rich paint quality and gestural brushwork, setting him apart from classic southwest painters. For his Solo th Exhibition opening August 20 , Livingston presents a new collection of southwest landscapes and Native American portraits, alongside a series of purely abstract works.

Livingston’s distinct painting style is a culmination of influences from his life and career, which has roots in Colorado but extends to San Francisco and New York. Since settling in Idaho after 25 years in California, Livingston has been captivated by Native American culture and architecture, the unique light and color of the landscape, and the region’s rich artistic history. This fascination with western culture is reflected in his paintings, with subject matter reminiscent of work by the early Taos Founders, an influential group for Livingston and for many painters in the area. It’s Livingston’s expressive brushwork and vibrant color that distinguishes his style, which is strongly influenced by French Impressionists, Tonalists and the Bay Area Figurative Painters, who he studied earlier in his career.

Livingston’s loose representational style easily lends itself to abstraction, which will also be present for his Solo Exhibition. “It’s really not a big leap for me to paint abstract,” says Livingston, whose sense of composition and color remain consistent. “It’s still within the framework of the way I like to see things.” A figure in the landscape is simply “pattern against pattern,” as the artist tends to build his representational scenes as arrangements of color, shape and form, regardless of subject matter. “It’s still about creating a surface that when viewed, is interesting,” he says.

The Forest Turning oil

36 x 36

Layers oil 15 x 15

Wi nt er Tra ck i n g

oil

48 x 48

Pat h wa y

oil

16 x 16

Open Field oil

20 x 20

Palace Avenue

oil 14 x 11

Day Moon oil

14 x 11

Snow Journey oil

20x20

Sheep oil

30 x 36

Red Tower

oil

19 X 13

Meadow Light oil

36 X 36

A Light Snow oil

26 X 30

Sage Hills

oil

30 X 30

Ochreus

oil

36 X 36

In Rougue

oil

48 X 14

Violet Sky oil

12 X 12

In Light oil

10 X 10

Luminescence oil

16 X 16

In Glow oil

24 X 24

Green Feathers oil

14 X 11

Kachina in Grey oil

14 X 11

Empire Lights oil

48 X 14

Direction oil

10 X 10

Structure oil

10 X 10

Blaze oil

12 X 12

Fr ancis Livingston “THROUGH A MODERN LENS” Price List

Winter Tracking Palace Avenue Pathway

oil oil oil

48x48

$24,000

14x11

$2,800

16x16

$4,200

Layers

oil

15x15

$3,800

The Forest Turning

oil

36x36

$13,000

Open Field

oil

20x20

$6,200

Day Moon

oil

14x11

$2,800

Snow Journey

oil

20x20

$6,200

Sheep

oil

30x36

$11,200

Red Tower

oil

19x13

$3,900

Meadow Light

oil

36x36

$13,000

A Light Snow

oil

26x30

$10,000

Sage Hills

oil

30x30

$10,500

Ochreus

oil

36x36

$12,500

In Rougue

oil

48x14

$6,800

Violet Sky

oil

12x12

$2,800

In Light

oil

10x10

$2,400

Luminescence

oil

16x16

$4,200

In Glow

oil

24x24

$7,200

Green Feathers

oil

14x11

$2,800

Kachina in Grey

oil

14x11

$2,800

Empire Lights

oil

48x14

$6,800

Direction

oil

10x10

$2,400

Structure

oil

10x10

$2,400

Blaze

oil

12x12

$2,800

Fr ancis Livingston

August 20 - September 2, 2021

Meyer Gallery

225 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.983.1434 800.779.7387 www.meyergalleries.com