Eva Struble’s monumental paintings
draw from the traditions of
landscape,architecture, and abstraction.
Taking inspiration from sources as
diverse as a ntique Arabic miniatures
and contemporary Asian construction,
Struble’s motifs balance the odyssey
of nature with the carefully ordered
precision of design. Rendered with acidic
hues and an exaggerated consideration
of space and placement, Stuble’s
landscapes resolve as affected dioramas,
envisioning otherworldly tableaux
through their compositional pastiche.
Struble approaches the act of painting
itself as a physical manifestation, allowing
the eclectic application of her materials to
create a disorientating illusion of space:
an erased void of a mountain conveys
an aberrant weight, the perspective of
architecture gives way to its flattened
decorative patterning, skies are rendered
with day-glo pop sheen, and earth swills
as layers of mellifluous splotches. The
physical impossibilities implied through
Struble’s painterly manipulation are
made believable through her inclusion
of intricate detail, as blades of grass,
grains of sand, and weathered dabs
of rock are set within her scenes with
a theatrical preciousness.
Eva Struble ©
Series: Produce
West Coast Tomato II, Acrylic, paper and screen print on panel, 46"x65,"
2014