Robert Canaga: New Paintings at Anam Cara Cellars

Friday, May 12, 2017

New Paintings at Anam Cara Cellars

Anam Cara Cellars did such an amazing job promoting my work last year that I was thrilled to have another show there! I paint about Terroir, vineyards, Oregon landscapes, and imagined places, and the show covers all those bases.

This one is based on a glimpse of a clover field outside Carlton Oregon

This one is based on the land forms in Eastern Oregon where The Rocks AVA is located

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Artist Statement by Robert Canaga

A painter commits part of the soul to canvas, but this is not a subtractive process for me. I grow when I put these images out into the world. I gain knowledge of myself when I complete a painting, so each work leads to the next like completing a puzzle.

I’m a purist when it comes to color; I carry precise colors in my mind’s eye. The windows of my studio do not reveal the surrounding landscape, because I deliberately decided not to be influenced by the external, Pacific Northwest palette. I’m fascinated by color frequencies and how those frequencies relate to each other.

Several times in my life, I’ve been very close to my own death. These experiences, and my art, taught me to fully stand in the moment, where there is no time, and everything happens at once.