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UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW / VAIL INTERNATIONAL GALLERY
2/16-3/2 Vail, CORON HICKSPainted Dialogues
R
on Hicks is known for his muted
paintings of figures and interiors
about which he says, “I like to romanti-
cize life. I love the interaction of people
doing...'things'...whatever it is. It could be
the most mundane thing to any passerby,
but I find great beauty in that.” Yet, he
discovers, “I see things very abstractly, so
I think of myself as a painter who sees
shape, value, edges and texture.”
The ideas for his new paintings that will
be shown at Vail International Gallery in
Colorado, February 16 through March 2,
“have been creeping up on me for the past
few years. I’m trying to find a way to make
the paintings abstract, non-objective and
representational. I’m really, truly, looking
at them as abstract paintings.”
The paintings are no longer “solely
about the figure. A passage in which I’d
normally take more care in, like her expres-
sion, is more simplified. I’m working on
how much or how little I need to utilize to
make a statement.”1 2