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Thursday, January 17, 2008 ERNEST LOCKRIDGE: WINTER DREAMS=20 WINTER DREAMS: PAINTINGS BY ERNEST LOCKRIDGE=20 "Still life is a contradiction in terms." --Ernest Lockridge=20 Winter Dreams, a one man show by the contemporary American artist Ernest = Lockridge, closed at The Worthington Art Center on January 14, 2008.--My = holiday rush had evolved into a smush, but I'm glad I got to the Art = Center before Winter Dreams closed! The artist is working in acrylics, = and his twelve painting exhibit was substantial.--In other words, well = painted, exciting. An "unretired" Professor of English from The Ohio State University, = Lockridge once taught at Yale and has three published novels under his = belt. He is able to paint full time now, hence his descriptive = "unretired," and he loves to travel. A few years back he and his wife, = Laurel Richardson, poet/sociologist, co authored Travels With Ernest, a = lively mixed genre account of their travels. Lockridge's artistic efforts, many of them originating = plein air, have taken him from Taos, New Mexico, to the Yucatan = Peninsula, to Hawaii, and to other exciting places, including Schiller = and WhetstoneParks in Columbus! Winter Dreams is visual evidence of the = Richardson/Lockridge penchant for globe trotting. As to painting, Lockridge's is grounded in his technical aplomb and in = his familiarity with work of "greats"-- ranging from Sargent to Grandma = Moses to Native American pictographs to the cave paintings at Chauvet. = "--On his artist's statement he says that he began to use his first set = of Sargents(!) paints when he was eight years old. Now he uses thickly = applied paint and obvious brush strokes, like the Impressionists did. He = is not afraid of color. His use of it although broad, is harmonious, = meticulous. The tall BURNING BUSH, TASMANIA, seems about to explode with = raw color and linear shapes. THE FIRE THIS TIME, TAOS, 24 x 36 inches, a gorgeous canvas, (board)was, = of course, painted in Georgia O Keefe country in New Mexico, and in it = masterful gradations of reds, oranges, browns, form a blizzard of tree = foliage that nearly covers the side of a non descript ranch house. The = colors on both of these paintings are on fire, smouldering. Having lived = in Ohio for years when he taught at The Ohio State University, Lockridge = has internalized the audacious hues of Ohio autumns and has transported = them to other venues, tamed them to his palette.--And, speak of = "taming," --in LOST IN ICELAND, 20 x 24 inches, the strangely elided and = juxtaposed shapes of two big horses stand flank by flank, nearly fill = the "canvas," and create a study in design and color that is baffling. = --As I recall, a splat of midnight sun,or perhaps a day time moon --is = visible here . And iconic white aurioles , sun-like splats,glimmer in = other of Lockridge's paintings.--But you have to look. The aesthetics of design and abstraction are present in Lost in Iceland. = Yet, the large truncated shapes of the two horses suggest something = primitive and one cannot help but think of pre Norse myths and legends.=20 Again. Lockridge has mastered the elements of composition and color. = Yet, his canvasses ( or boards) manage to shimmy, to emit an electric = charge.--It's brush strokes in motion! This is true of TIDAL POOL, = YUCATAN, 24 x 36 inches, in which a very small man in red trunks swims = his way thru huge sheafs of white water toward the opening crevice that = might suggest the birth canal. Lockridge's paintings are all somewhat = abstract, yet the majority of them include elements of the = representational. The swimmer in red trunks is a swimmer in red trunks! = Lockridge's chosen modus,, wisely, tends toward the maxim that "less is = more. " FOUNDATION, a foray into grids and pure abstraction, is striking yet = understated. The hues of SEDONA DUSK emit lavender-sagebrush-deep = purple-fragrances --if you can see fragrances!=20 For Winter Dreams Lockridge' most "outre" effort is NO PARKING ZONE, = CARMEL. We wonder what was going on there. An afternoon exercise of the = painterly arts perhaps. In "Carmel" we see the backside of a white = convertible, top down, and the contents of a jagged and narow back yard. = And long weedy grass. I think it's long and weedy! And a No Parking sign = and a skinny watch dog. A mutt. The colors dance and so does the feeling = of a familiar, perhaps lackadaisical, moment, when we ourselves = captured, in words or paint, the unvarnished and uncropped splendor of a = hot afternoon. THE WORTHINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER is at 345 E. Wilson Bridge Rd. and it = is open every day of the week. Call 431--0329. Ernest Lockridge has = exhibited at High Road Gallery and Weisheimer Gallery and thru most of = January andFebruary he and Laurel have paintings and sculpture in what = is bound to be a very exciting MEMBERS SHOW at the beautiful, I mean = beautiful, JUNGHAUS ASSOCIATION GALLERY, 59 West Third Avenue , = 291-8050.=20 JUNGHAUS Gallery is open to every one,but it is best to call first = .Claire Hagan Bauza, curates JungHaus exhibits which are always = outstanding. The current Members Show includes oils, acrylics, = watercolor, fibers, sculpture, an array of art media. Coming soon: a = Members Show including photography and digital imaging. posted by Liz James at 10:15 AM =20 << Home=20 About Me Name: Liz James=20 Location: Columbus, Ohio, United States=20 I write a monthly column, entitled Art, for the Short North Gazette. In = this column I deal with one art gallery, but in this blog I will expand = my coverage to include dance and a medley of other arts observations. 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Thursday, January 17, 2008

ERNEST LOCKRIDGE: WINTER DREAMS

WINTER DREAMS: PAINTINGS BY ERNEST = LOCKRIDGE=20
"Still life is a contradiction in terms." --Ernest Lockridge =

Winter=20 Dreams, a one man show by the contemporary American artist Ernest = Lockridge,=20 closed at The Worthington Art Center on January 14, 2008.--My holiday = rush had=20 evolved into a smush, but I'm glad I got to the Art Center before Winter = Dreams=20 closed! The artist is working in acrylics, and his twelve painting = exhibit was=20 substantial.--In other words, well painted, exciting.
An "unretired"=20 Professor of English from The Ohio State University, Lockridge once = taught at=20 Yale and has three published novels under his belt. He is able to paint = full=20 time now, hence his descriptive "unretired," and he loves to travel. A = few years=20 back he and his wife, Laurel Richardson, poet/sociologist, co authored = Travels=20 With Ernest, a lively mixed genre account
of their travels. = Lockridge's=20 artistic efforts, many of them originating plein air, have taken him = from Taos,=20 New Mexico, to the Yucatan Peninsula, to Hawaii, and to other exciting = places,=20 including Schiller and WhetstoneParks in Columbus! Winter Dreams is = visual=20 evidence of the Richardson/Lockridge penchant for globe trotting.
As = to=20 painting, Lockridge's is grounded in his technical aplomb and in his = familiarity=20 with work of "greats"-- ranging from Sargent to Grandma Moses to Native = American=20 pictographs to the cave paintings at Chauvet. "--On his artist's = statement he=20 says that he began to use his first set of Sargents(!) paints when he = was eight=20 years old. Now he uses thickly applied paint and obvious brush strokes, = like the=20 Impressionists did. He is not afraid of color. His use of it although = broad, is=20 harmonious, meticulous. The tall BURNING BUSH, TASMANIA, seems about to = explode=20 with raw color and linear shapes.
THE FIRE THIS TIME, TAOS, 24 x 36 = inches, a=20 gorgeous canvas, (board)was, of course, painted in Georgia O Keefe = country in=20 New Mexico, and in it masterful gradations of reds, oranges, browns, = form a=20 blizzard of tree foliage that nearly covers the side of a non descript = ranch=20 house. The colors on both of these paintings are on fire, smouldering. = Having=20 lived in Ohio for years when he taught at The Ohio State University, = Lockridge=20 has internalized the audacious hues of Ohio autumns and has transported = them to=20 other venues, tamed them to his palette.--And, speak of "taming," --in = LOST IN=20 ICELAND, 20 x 24 inches, the strangely elided and juxtaposed shapes of = two big=20 horses stand flank by flank, nearly fill the "canvas," and create a = study in=20 design and color that is baffling. --As I recall, a splat of midnight = sun,or=20 perhaps a day time moon --is visible here . And iconic white aurioles , = sun-like=20 splats,glimmer in other of Lockridge's paintings.--But you have to = look.
The=20 aesthetics of design and abstraction are present in Lost in Iceland. = Yet, the=20 large truncated shapes of the two horses suggest something primitive and = one=20 cannot help but think of pre Norse myths and legends.
Again. = Lockridge has=20 mastered the elements of composition and color. Yet, his canvasses ( or = boards)=20 manage to shimmy, to emit an electric charge.--It's brush strokes in = motion!=20 This is true of TIDAL POOL, YUCATAN, 24 x 36 inches, in which a very = small man=20 in red trunks swims his way thru huge sheafs of white water toward the = opening=20 crevice that might suggest the birth canal. Lockridge's paintings are = all=20 somewhat abstract, yet the majority of them include elements of the=20 representational. The swimmer in red trunks is a swimmer in red trunks!=20 Lockridge's chosen modus,, wisely, tends toward the maxim that "less is = more.=20 "
FOUNDATION, a foray into grids and pure abstraction, is striking = yet=20 understated. The hues of SEDONA DUSK emit lavender-sagebrush-deep=20 purple-fragrances --if you can see fragrances!
For Winter Dreams = Lockridge'=20 most "outre" effort is NO PARKING ZONE, CARMEL.
We wonder what was = going on=20 there. An afternoon exercise of the painterly arts perhaps. In "Carmel" = we see=20 the backside of a white convertible, top down, and the contents of a = jagged and=20 narow back yard. And long weedy grass. I think it's long and weedy! And = a No=20 Parking sign and a skinny watch dog. A mutt. The colors dance and so = does the=20 feeling of a familiar, perhaps lackadaisical, moment, when we ourselves=20 captured, in words or paint, the unvarnished and uncropped splendor of a = hot=20 afternoon.
THE WORTHINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER is at 345 E. Wilson = Bridge Rd.=20 and it is open every day of the week. Call 431--0329. Ernest Lockridge = has=20 exhibited at High Road Gallery and Weisheimer Gallery and thru most of = January=20 andFebruary he and Laurel have paintings and sculpture in what is bound = to be a=20 very exciting MEMBERS SHOW at the beautiful, I mean beautiful, JUNGHAUS=20 ASSOCIATION GALLERY, 59 West Third Avenue , 291-8050.
JUNGHAUS = Gallery is=20 open to every one,but it is best to call first .Claire Hagan Bauza, = curates=20 JungHaus exhibits which are always outstanding. The current Members Show = includes oils, acrylics, watercolor, fibers, sculpture, an array of art = media.=20 Coming soon: a Members Show
including photography and digital = imaging.

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