NEWS RELEASE
Released by Norton's Fine Art & Framing
'Scapes: Land-scapes, Figure-scapes and City-scapes by Alvin Horst
| When: This exhibit opens on Friday, September 24th with a reception from 6pm – 8pm. The show Contact: For more information contact Ty or Mary Norton at 314-645-4040 |
continues through Saturday, October 30th. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
E-mail About: This is a comprehensive exhibit of the recent work by Alvin Horst. He prefers to work from the living model and is absorbed by the naturalistic forms of still life. He frequently executes large abstract "figure-scapes" which are landscapes based on elements of the human form.
Al Horst has studied drawing and painting at various St Louis area art schools and intensively with a number of prominent artists. He has studio hours at Washington University, Webster College, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and Florissant Valley Community College. His principal mentor has been Ed Boccia. Other important teachers (besides the masters) have been Larry Kosuszek and the late Lee Wallace. Trips to view works at museums in Europe included a painting trip to Italy. He was also Artist in Residence at the Coolidge Research Colloquium in Cambridge, MA in 1984. He has exhibited at Fontbonne College in both solo and group shows and in various other venues. His works are in both private and commercial collections. He is a two time winner of the Something Small for the Holiday show at Norton Gallery. |
All of his "Scapes", land-scapes, figure-scapes and city-scapes, capture the essence of the scene with an economy of line and subtle use of color. His limited palette, like Corot's, is restrained, dominated with browns and blacks ("forbidden colors" among the Impressionists) along with dark and silvery green. Though appearing at times to be rapid and spontaneous, usually his strokes are controlled and careful, and his compositions well-thought out and generally rendered as simply and concisely as possible, heightening the poetic effect of the imagery. As Corot stated, and Horst concurs, "I noticed that everything that was done correctly on the first attempt was more true, and the forms more beautiful.--
Rev. Linda Anderson-Little
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
6325 Clayton Road
St. Louis, MO 63117
314.721.6974 (w)
314.581.6365 (cell)
www.stmarkselca.com
