New Zealand painter Angus Collis presents a suggestive set of landscapes in the Víctor Saavedra gallery. Perhaps his best achievement is a rare equilibrium between figurative representation and a subjectivity that is composed of both biographical personal elements and elements that the pictorial material contributes, with its unforeseen or induced accidents.
Concern to make the surface interesting no matter what the subject is apparent in
“On the surface” Angus Collis at the McPherson Gallery until April 23. This artist depicts swimming pools and urban landscapes dotted with people. The surface of these landscapes is cracked, marked, even attacked, so they appear like some sign or poster that has been weathered and felt the effects of time.The effect in Monterey Key is to make a mosaic where light falls on sea and pool but the People crumble into anonymity. The effect is oddly touching. There are not many artists who can get good painterly mileage from a water slide.