Richard Wilson: Rises

Carl Berg Gallery is pleased to present new paintings by northern California-based artist Richard Wilson in his first solo show at the gallery. Wilson has exhibited extensively in a career that has spanned almost 40 years. “Rises” will be his first solo show in Los Angeles in over 30 years featuring new relief paintings.

Wilson paintings are abstract color fields composed of several panels of varying sizes and depths forming large vertical abstractions. His paintings combine time, light, color and atmospheric effects, which are inspired by nature, music and childhood memories.

California’s nature and its abundant color have inspired his works over the years. Music on the other hand has added rhythm and order to his paintings.

In his newest body of paintings, which he calls “Rises.” He continues his concerns, along with a focus, for the first time on vertical construction. He became interested in what the effect of the painting taking a standing position would have on the reading of color, space, and movement. His previous work always seemed to conform to gravity, while the new paintings indicated action in opposition to it.

Wilson’s 40-year journey as an abstract painter has been one of continuous change and evolution. Incremental changes and sometime bolder ones have created a lifetime of investigation into the nuances of possibility. Wilson has dedicated his artistic life to this investigation having spawn an oeuvre of artistic output that has bent but never wavered.
Rises

Carl Berg Gallery is pleased to present new paintings by northern California-based artist Richard Wilson in his first solo show at the gallery. Wilson has exhibited extensively in a career that has spanned almost 40 years. “Rises” will be his first solo show in Los Angeles in over 30 years featuring new relief paintings.

Wilson paintings are abstract color fields composed of several panels of varying sizes and depths forming large vertical abstractions. His paintings combine time, light, color and atmospheric effects, which are inspired by nature, music and childhood memories.

California’s nature and its abundant color have inspired his works over the years. Music on the other hand has added rhythm and order to his paintings.

In his newest body of paintings, which he calls “Rises.” He continues his concerns, along with a focus, for the first time on vertical construction. He became interested in what the effect of the painting taking a standing position would have on the reading of color, space, and movement. His previous work always seemed to conform to gravity, while the new paintings indicated action in opposition to it.

Wilson’s 40-year journey as an abstract painter has been one of continuous change and evolution. Incremental changes and sometime bolder ones have created a lifetime of investigation into the nuances of possibility. Wilson has dedicated his artistic life to this investigation having spawn an oeuvre of artistic output that has bent but never wavered.