Linear Abstract paintings in high gloss oil base enamel paint.
Bernard Re, Jr.
Girl On A Swing (After Fragonard*) "...Doyen related, 'and finished by avowing that he was dying with a desire to have me make a picture, the idea of which he was going to outline. "I should like", Madame (pointing to his mistress) on a swing that a bishop would set going. You will place me in such a way that I would be able to see the legs of the lovely girl, and better still, if you want enliven your picture a little more..." from Charles CollÈ October 1767 *Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806), The Swing, c1766
Why the Ban Sidhe howls
"...Our language tells the path we have walked: stock is not a herd, mine is not a quarry. Brand no longer refers to cattle markings, and share no longer has anything to do with generosity."
Enamel on canvas-board, 24 x 36, June-July 2005 (SOLD)
Self Awareness
Painted for "Think Pink" breast cancer awareness fund raiser exhibition.
Enamel on panel, 40 x 48, July 2005
Re's most recent paintings represent a return to his working in high-gloss enamel paint - the medium he started working in over thirty years ago.
Re states that, "the line back then was energy and DNA strands weaving their way into shapes and forms." Today the line is still energy but the energy is the make-up of the eleven dimension "String Theory" that physicists are working on, "...According to string theory, absolutely everything in the universe - all of the particles that make up matter and forces - is comprised of tiny vibrating fundamental strings. Moreover, every one of these strings is identical. The only difference between one string and another, whether it's a heavy particle that is part of an atom or a massless particle that carries light, is its resonant pattern, or how it vibrates...", as quoted from Brian Greene string theory physicist and author of The Elegant Universe. Re has done a portrait of Mr. Greene.
RE has exhibited extensively and was recently juried into one of the most prestigious shows in the region, the 56th Annual Art of the Northeast USA Exhibit at the Silvermine Guild Arts Center in Norwalk CT. He has also participated in juried museum shows including the William Benton Museum of Art (Storrs, CT) and The New Britain Museum of Art and in many juried group shows in the northeast and in Canada.
His new enamels have the colors and line bleeding into one another and are less hard edge. Giving them more of a dimensional feel, more dynamic, more organic. When viewed from different angles different things emerge. In some of the new works - especially the portraits you can see multiple faces emerge. "Seeing what will emerge as the lines go down and the shapes evolve in layers of line upon line is wonderful, new things happen. Then again it can also be a disaster - a wreck", says Re.
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