Paul Thomas

Spring Rainbow , 2011

Acrylic on canvas

54 x 36 in

On view through May 17th 2012

Galerie Protégé is pleased to present the work of painter, Paul Thomas. Thomas conceives abstract works on canvas and paper with a primary interest in exploring the relationship between color, form and spatial differentiation. Using thin washes of acrylic pigments against white ground, the artist renders compositions reminiscent of flowing, translucent fabrics of many brilliant colors that capture and refract light. Using contrasting hues of warm and cool along with a highly fluid system of mark-making, Thomas creates works seemingly suffused in radiant light. Unabashedly beautiful in appearance, Thomas’ work is a celebration of the full chromatic expanse and a visual meditation on the pictorial handling of space and color.

Thomas’ work is in public and private collections in the United States, Canada, France and Italy.

Photos of installation
On view through May 17th 2012

May 24 - June 21, 2012

OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, May 24, 2012 6 - 9 pm

Galerie Protégé is pleased to present the first New York solo exhibition of mixed media paintings by Steve McKenzie. McKenzie composes abstract works on linen over panel with a focus on gestural line and the connection between disparate elements from another time. Applying dry pigments, acrylic paint and graphite over a ground of smooth, venetian plaster, McKenzie embeds 19th century European documents and other ephemera into his paintings composing striking compositional structures. Rich with meaning and emotion McKenzie’s works bring to mind prickly tumbleweeds breaking free from their tangled captivity and lonely, microscopic amoeba adrift in moments of independence and union.