We are four artists with different backgrounds and styles, developing our skills in abstract art. We first met at an in an abstract art class and we continue to gather weekly to support and inspire one another.
Roger Kellman - Fire and Ice
While Fire and Ice sound extreme - very hot or very cold, this series includes a friendlier middle ground of warmth or coolness.
This series by Roger Kellman began in 2024 with Fireside, a 48” by 24” painting with warm red, orange and yellow covering most of the canvas. Initially hung over the fireplace.
The stretched raw canvas substrate allows the acrylic paint, with liberal application of water, to penetrate and spread smoothly creating a calm and contemplative grounding. Unpainted areas remain and the paint continues around the wide edges of the canvas giving the viewer an unlimited horizon in all directions and expanding the visual and emotional impact.
The second painting in the series, Solar Flare (30”x36”), starts with the same warm colors but adds darker purples for a new dimension and intensity, plus a few hard edges in contrast to the blended warmer areas.
The fourth painting, Sun Spot (25”x25”), returns to the warmer colors broken in one corner with an intense blue. The area of bright yellow and red fights to break thru the multi-dimensional foreground and appears to melt portions of it.
Next in the series is Solar Flare ( ), an explosion of brightness in a troubled sky.
In his third painting, Ice Blue #1 (20”x20”), Kellman switches to a cooler pallet of blues with a bit of warmth provided by browns and a faint touch of yellow. Drips and runs are allowed to provide a new textural dimension. The view remains unconstrained as the image goes to the paintings edges – and beyond.
The fifth painting, Purple Rain ( ) presents a series of cloud like structures floating across an undefined sky with streams flowing downward.
Melting ( ) shows the effect of the suns warmth on the winters freeze.
