Michigan native JORIN BOSSEN IS SET TO EXHIBIT WORK AT THE UPPER WEST.
Known for its delicious cuisine, the SANTA MONICA restaurant features
art on the walls and brings in a new artist every few months. The solo
exhibition entitled "Notes on Gesture" will feature twenty-five
artworks.
“The Upper West is a lovely restaurant and I am very excited and
honored to show with them, said Bossen. “The walls and lighting
really showcase the art.” He added that the food was delicious and
staff was extremely friendly. He said he was looking forward to the
opening. “I will be showing works that fall under the umbrella of
contemporary figurative, along with a few works from my western
series.”
Bossen was raised by artists. Inspired by his father, a photographer
and his mother a ceramicist, he was drawn to art since he was a child.
His parents would provide paper with colored pencils and it kept him
busy for hours. “My brother and I would draw fantastical scenarios.
He moved on to other interests, but I kept with it.” Bossen
eventually started painting in his junior year at Kalamazoo College.
Now his process includes drawing, photography first, but he will also
use a computer as a starting point for many of his works, but added,
that the final product is painting.
When asked what inspires him, he replied, “I look for images that
interest me. I take these from photos that I take or friends’
photos, as well as magazine, and movie stills, pretty much from
anything that I feel drawn to. Whenever he starts a new painting,
these are go-to images for him. “I will look through these images to
see what I am drawn to, what about them I currently find most
interesting. Sometimes it is the facial expressions, or how figures
interact with one another, it might be a gesture or a mood that the
figure conveys.” Then he creates sketches of the paintings first,
either by hand or on the computer. Once he has decided on the layout,
the work begins.
When asked what type of paint he prefers, he replied, “I’ve used a
variety of mediums. I currently use oil and acrylic. Different types
of paint have different qualities that I find useful for varying
techniques, but the lushness and depth of oil is my favorite.”
"Notes on Gesture" opens at the UPPER WEST ON SUNDAY APRIL 28TH, 2019
from 4-7pm. The artist JORIN BOSSEN, will be in attendance at the
UPPER WEST (3321 Pico Boulevard,SANTA MONICA 90405); 310 586-1111;
https://theupperwest.com/ [https://theupperwest.com/];
http://www.jorinbossen.com/ [http://www.jorinbossen.com/]
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