ARTISTS
Paul G. Oxborough: New Works
Cavalier Gallery is honored to present Paul G. Oxborough: New Works in our 530 W 24th Street gallery. The solo exhibition consists of more than 30 paintings by the celebrated artist, and opens with a reception on Thursday May 1, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. In the artist鈥檚 new body of work, each evocative scene finds its ideal scale with canvases ranging from bijou vignettes to grand interiors.
There is a palpable sense of warmth and hospitality in the work of Paul Oxborough; the artist鈥檚 affinity for painting bar and restaurant scenes from his world travels is likely not coincidental. In his newest oil paintings, Oxborough welcomes viewers to share magical moments in Venice and London, Tokyo and Havana, New York and Minneapolis. An award-winning portrait artist, he handles his medium with the deftness of the Old Masters, but with a distinctly contemporary flair. Some exhibition visitors will recognize the iconic mural in the King Cole Bar at New York City鈥檚 St. Regis Hotel, or the signature red jackets of the bartenders at Bemelmans. Others may find familiarity in Caff猫 Florian in Venice, London鈥檚 Savoy, or Tokyo鈥檚 Palace Bar.
Like any realist painter, Oxborough鈥檚 settings may vary鈥攁 hotel lobby, an outdoor caf茅, a legendary bar, a rustic cabin, a swimming pool鈥攂ut his subject remains constant: a sublime portrayal of light that vivifies each scene and enraptures the viewer. Sunlight streaming through a window; reflections off mirrors, drinking glasses, and chandeliers; overhead lights, streetlights, and even screen light animate the figures that populate his paintings. There is an intimacy and tenderness in the pictures of family members, but Oxborough鈥檚 brush also reveals a certain grace and depth of humanity in the faces of those whose stories he does not know. In meeting places frequented by the beau monde, he turns his attention to the workers, the bartenders, concierge staff, and servers whose role it is to create the ambience he seeks to capture, to facilitate moments of celebration and reunion, romance and possibility. After all, he, too, is working. No mere patron of the establishment, the artist is observing intently, gathering visual material, storing memories and sensory experience for safekeeping on the return home.
Back in his studio, Oxborough transforms canvases into exquisite reveries, nurtured by a wanderlust that never ceases to inspire creativity. With each finished painting, the artist presents a glimpse of reality that elicits imagination and invites participation for those who care to journey with this gifted observer of contemporary life.
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Cavalier Gallery is honored to present Paul G. Oxborough: New Works in our 530 W 24th Street gallery. The solo exhibition consists of more than 30 paintings by the celebrated artist, and opens with a reception on Thursday May 1, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. In the artist鈥檚 new body of work, each evocative scene finds its ideal scale with canvases ranging from bijou vignettes to grand interiors.
There is a palpable sense of warmth and hospitality in the work of Paul Oxborough; the artist鈥檚 affinity for painting bar and restaurant scenes from his world travels is likely not coincidental. In his newest oil paintings, Oxborough welcomes viewers to share magical moments in Venice and London, Tokyo and Havana, New York and Minneapolis. An award-winning portrait artist, he handles his medium with the deftness of the Old Masters, but with a distinctly contemporary flair. Some exhibition visitors will recognize the iconic mural in the King Cole Bar at New York City鈥檚 St. Regis Hotel, or the signature red jackets of the bartenders at Bemelmans. Others may find familiarity in Caff猫 Florian in Venice, London鈥檚 Savoy, or Tokyo鈥檚 Palace Bar.
Like any realist painter, Oxborough鈥檚 settings may vary鈥攁 hotel lobby, an outdoor caf茅, a legendary bar, a rustic cabin, a swimming pool鈥攂ut his subject remains constant: a sublime portrayal of light that vivifies each scene and enraptures the viewer. Sunlight streaming through a window; reflections off mirrors, drinking glasses, and chandeliers; overhead lights, streetlights, and even screen light animate the figures that populate his paintings. There is an intimacy and tenderness in the pictures of family members, but Oxborough鈥檚 brush also reveals a certain grace and depth of humanity in the faces of those whose stories he does not know. In meeting places frequented by the beau monde, he turns his attention to the workers, the bartenders, concierge staff, and servers whose role it is to create the ambience he seeks to capture, to facilitate moments of celebration and reunion, romance and possibility. After all, he, too, is working. No mere patron of the establishment, the artist is observing intently, gathering visual material, storing memories and sensory experience for safekeeping on the return home.
Back in his studio, Oxborough transforms canvases into exquisite reveries, nurtured by a wanderlust that never ceases to inspire creativity. With each finished painting, the artist presents a glimpse of reality that elicits imagination and invites participation for those who care to journey with this gifted observer of contemporary life.
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