Gallery
Paintings.
Acrylic on canvas. Iconography drawn from spiritual sources, rebuilt.
“I deliberately avoid overly polished work, finding such pieces vacant, disingenuous, and devoid of spirit. Instead I celebrate work that harmonizes opposites in ways that surprise. Pieces that feel perfect in their imperfection.”
Brian Baruch
Works
Acrylic on canvas · 2017
Rebirth
the awesome potentials of a new dawn
Acrylic on canvas · 2017
Spirit
a music of the heart that continues to resonate
Acrylic on canvas · 2017
David's Dove
soul and peace, in the time of twilight
Acrylic on canvas · 2017
First Love
Jacob and Rachel meet near twilight
Acrylic on canvas · 2017
Burning Bush
a revelatory peek behind the worldly veil
Acrylic on canvas · 2017
Prayer
the structure of a prayerful tear
Acrylic on canvas · 2017
Blessed or Cursed
a question on the responsibility of being chosen
Acrylic on canvas · 2017
The Living Tree
the radiating vitality of the Tree of Life
Artist statement
Brian Baruch, inspirational artist.
“Creation is a collaborative dance between what is expressed and what remains hidden. Together these contribute a diversifying lens through which conceptualization and action are translated into authentic realization.
Consider an artist who commits a vision through brushstrokes on canvas. He assesses how to express his inspiration through a vast creative repertoire. Light, subject, perspective, texture, mood, style, colour are all tempered through juxtaposing contrasts of flow and restraint. This collaborative dance channels through the brush to evoke the vision that inspired the artist’s eye. With each new stroke added to the canvas potentials become muted of expression. A masterpiece communicates just as much by what was committed to canvas as by what has been withheld. In this Eros of ebb and flow, all elements, those portrayed openly and those remaining hidden are transferred into a united expression. This hidden “interconnectedness” is vital to the integrity of any timeless composition.”
