Todd Williamson The Darker the Blue

Nicole Longnecker Gallery presents The Darker the Blue…, an exhibition of new paintings by renowned Los Angeles artist Todd Williamson.

One of America’s most exciting abstract expressionist painters, Todd is just back in the US after a series of well-received exhibitions in Germany and Italy. Todd’s vivid use of color takes the viewer on a journey into a world of intense passion, beauty and emotion. Parallel lines constrain the expression, keeping them on the canvas and give them structure.

“In Wassily Kandinsky’s book, On the Spiritual in Art, he suggests the darker the blue, the more it awakens human desire for the spiritual. Todd’s paintings ask the viewer to look beneath the surface for his narrative,” said gallerist Nicole Longnecker. “His process, his lush pigmentation and his choice of colors unveil the story captured in his art.”

TODD WILLIAMSON: Todd Williamson was born in Alabama and lives and works in Los Angeles.  He has a Bachelor of Arts from Belmont University in Nashville, Tenessee (’88) and has studied at Cal State and UCLA. He was awarded the Pollock Krasner Foundation Award Grant in 2010 and has received numerous other awards and honors. He has exhibited extensively both in the United States and internationally with such luminaries as Ed Rusche, Jenny Holzer, Joe Mancuso, Mie Olise, Donald Lipske, Ed Moses, Chuck Close, and most recently with Robert Ryman.

Recently, Todd has mounted exhibits in Cologne, Germany and Naples’ Villa di Donato, along with the inclusion of his work “Mercy” into the permanent collection at the Museo Pio Monte della Misericordia, along with numerous Neapoltan artists including Carvaggio.

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