October 2004
Roy Kinzer
roy@roykinzer.com
www.roykinzer.com
Artist Statement
All of my current paintings are aerial landscapes and satellite mosaics that explore the concept of the Sublime in nineteenth century Luminist painting, and the aesthetic power of fractal patterns. I believe combining the formal elements of landscape painting with non-formal fractal structures creates a contemporary Sublime and beauty.
My process begins with taking photographs of topographical maps, which I then alter by scratching and abrading the surface. The scratches create web-like filigrees that comb the surface and create random patterns. When the images are transferred to the panel the patterns become magnified, generating virtual gestures of light and rhythm. The scratch marks maintain self-similarity across different scales, meaning that the landscape can be an aerial view of a large area of terrain or the zoomed in surface of a rock. The resulting landscapes are disrupted by Luminist bursts of color and bleached out light. My goal is that these colors, non-formal patterns and rhythms convey calm and beauty to the viewer.
Roy Kinzer has exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. He is the recipient of a 2003-2004 Pollock-Krasner Artist's Grant and teaches painting at the Montclair Art Museum in Montclair, New Jersey. His studio is located in the Tribeca section of New York City.
