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Colette, oil on
canvas, 48 x 75"
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Sy, oil on canvas,
75 x 48"
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The Annunciation
of Mary, oil on
canvas, 67 x 55"3both historical and contemporary sources,” says
Lombardo. “The accidental effect of pentimenti
we commonly see in older paintings is something
I wanted to intentionally bring into my work. I’ve
always enjoyed detecting these ghostlike images in
older paintings, and by incorporating pentimenti
into my paintings I can create a kind of ceaseless
movement as overlapping forms reveal and conceal
themselves. Another important influence for me has
been the marble sculptures of Bernini. He gives a
power to cloth that I had not seen in other sculptors
or painters.”
No matter what he’s making, Lombardo bring pains-
taking detail to the canvas.
“My larger paintings take a long time to finish,
anywhere from six months to over a year, and I need
to maintain a steady workflow as I sketch them out,
compose them, and finally realize them with paint,”
he says. “Rather than create paintings that adorn the
world, I want my paintings to be able to create worlds
all their own.”
Quantum Baroque will be on view at Stone Sparrow
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