Carl Dobsky: Recent Oil Paintings

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Carl Dobsky
His palette consists primarily of earth tones, focusing on painting real objects that are a part of his everyday life. Much of his inspiration comes from his existence in urban scenes and the artistan's own milieu. There is an element of grittiness, masterfully composed, that lends to his subjects a poetic sense of beauty in their somberness. At other times, he uses dramatic colors to show the unique and sublime qualities of the city skyline at various moments of the day.

Dobsky is consistently striving to explore and widen the diversity of his subject matter. His figurative works play with notions of self-image and identity, a task that has fascinated many contemporary artists. His observation and executions are exemplary, using various vantage points to capture moods, attitudes, and personality traits -- one of the many ingenious techniques that are successfully rendered with great style in his creations.

Hugh Shurley — (b. 1959) is a Bay Area native. Since his debut with John Pence Gallery in 1993, his work has matured and changed greatly in terms of context and the range of his powerful and intriguing imagination. In those years he has taught, lectured, published books and been featured in an impressive string of leading edge publications including Rolling Stone, Premier and Genre as well as a book jacket illustration for Vintage International, London. In addition, he has exhibited with the Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY; In Collaboration, Santa Monica and Akron, OH; Villa Montalvo, Los Gatos; ARU , San Francisco; SF Cameraworks; and the Art Center Gallery in Pasadena and is also represented in New York City. His evolution as an artist with a supreme mastery of his media is remarkable. His unique, one-of-a-kind photo montages have developed into a new art form of its own — well beyond mere photography.

Top Image: Carl Dobsky, Portrait of Michael Hussar, Oil on Panel, 14 x 11 inches, 2006

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