Earth & Heaven (Canyon)

Painting

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

The image depicts an old, worn, and partially damaged piece of parchment or paper, characterized by its faded, beige color with visible creases and tears throughout its surface. The edges of the paper show signs of deterioration, with corners curling and some parts missing.

The image depicts an old, worn, and partially damaged piece of parchment or paper, characterized by its faded, beige color with visible creases and tears throughout its surface. The edges of the paper show signs of deterioration, with corners curling and some parts missing.

Name/Title

Earth & Heaven (Canyon)

Entry/Object ID

2011.2.2

Description

Textured, predominantly copper colored, loose grid oftentimes overtaken or covered by sweepings of yellows, blues, or greens.

Type of Painting

Panel

Artwork Details

Medium

gold and silver leaf with alkyd resin

Category

On-Display at Calvin University, Abstract, Design/Pattern/Shape

Made/Created

Artist

Bruce Herman

Date made

2009

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall

Height

23 in

Width

14-1/4 in

Exhibition

Presence/Absence - New Work by Bruce Herman: Center Art Gallery January 5 - February 5, 2010

General Notes

Note

Expanded Wall Label: This piece was part of a 2011 solo exhibition by Bruce Herman in the Center Art Gallery entitled, Presence/Absence – New Work by Bruce Herman. Having worked in a religious and figurative tradition for years, Herman’s style started to evolve through a creation-based exploration of the visual experience. Coupled with an interest in the rugged landscape around his Cape Ann, Massachusetts home, he began a new series of paintings. In the process, he employed a vigorous additive and subtractive process with the paintings, as he drew on patterns found in nature as well as human culture. The resulting works reflect an attention to texture, color and form that seek to record the presence of the landscape and also the great absence of things passing.