Featured Artist Wendell Myers

Wendell Myers creates spontaneous, abstract landscapes that pop with dynamic color. See more of his work by visiting his website.


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Both music and art have always been very important to me, and both play an integral part in my life now.

 

Out West   Acrylic on Canvas  24 x 24 Artist Wendell Myers

 

I played semi-professionally in a blues/rock band as a teenager, but quit when it was time for college.  I went to art school in Milwaukee in the ‘70s, and spent the next years as a studio potter.

 

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Since then, life has taken me down different paths, but over the last decade I have found myself returning to both music and painting.

 

1.  Dark Beyond Blue

 

In both music and art, I am very interested in improvisation.  I paint spontaneously, without a plan, letting the painting take me where it will go.

 

Winter Improvisation

 

I start by applying color to the canvas and see what happens, I respond with more color or texture, watch, react, paint some more, respond.  This is a lot like jazz; listening, reacting and playing simultaneously.

 

Wendell Myers in Studio

 

My goal is not to totally control what emerges, but to influence it; to allow, to a degree, the paint to do what it will.  Often, in music or art, it is the unexpected result which is the most expressive and most enjoyable.

 

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My paintings are abstract landscapes.  Within the language of landscape, I am using motion, light, color and energy to evoke an emotional state, to create a sense of mystery.

 

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Music inspires me; I always have music on when I paint.  It might be jazz, blues, classical piano, world music; usually it’s a mix of everything.

 

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Also nature, the landscape, particularly wide-open spaces, expansive vistas.  I am a true flatlander, having spent much of my childhood in the Great Plains of Nebraska, Kansas and South Dakota, so big sky and open spaces turn me on.

 

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In March, 2013, I will be the featured artist at SaxArt Gallery in Saxapahaw North Carolina.  Although I have plenty of work on hand, I would like the core of this show to be new work, so I am hoping to complete 6 to 12 strong pieces in time for that event.

 

Comments

  1. Wendell, I like your paintings! The freedom and movement are what I like best.
    Have fun and good luck with the next group of paintings for your show!

  2. I admire your paintings. They are truly abstract and expressionist.

  3. Nice stuff Wendel! Ever consider diptych or triptych paintings? A nice way to go a little larger while still keeping a comfortable size for storage and shipping…Congratulations on a nice body of work! I’m off to your website!

    • Thanks, James! Have thought a lot about diptych/ triptych. Haven’t gone there yet, but probably will, soon. I see from your website that you make GREAT use of that approach!!! Love your stuff!

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