Represented by Altamira Fine Art
“When painting I’m brought back to simplicities, back to senses, and in a way, back to life. To surrender scripted plans and just listen to look, not knowing what will come is a trust-fall of sorts and an act of devotion.”
— Jivan Lee
Jivan Lee is an oil painter based in Taos, NM. He grew up in Woodstock, NY and studied painting at Bard College. His work explores the nature of paint as raw material, creator of image, and catalyst for emotional response, and is increasingly addressing the complexities of how humans see and shape their environment.
Lee’s paintings are rhythmic, colorful, textural responses to the Western landscape in its many forms, from untrammeled wild lands to urban machinery to iconic chapels. His work explores the nature of paint as raw material, creator of image, and catalyst for emotion.
65 works
Lone Tree – By the Sun, #1/3
Quartzite #2
Grand Teton, ROYGBIV #2, Violet (quinacridone magenta and violet)
Lone Tree – Lightening Day #3/3
Santa Fe Sunset 2
Grand Teton, ROYGBIV #3, Blue (Ultramarine blue)
Luminary
Skyward
Grand Teton, ROYGBIV #3, Green (sap green)
Luminous Morning
Spring #1 – Rio Grande
Grand Teton, ROYGBIV #3, Indigo (Prussian blue)
Meanwhile, in New Mexico
A Sea of Sage at Sunset
Sunrise Fog
Grand Teton, ROYGBIV #3, Orange (transparent orange)
Monument #12 – Soft Clouds and Bright Light
A Sea of Snow on Juniper and Sage
Sunset Ridgeline #2
Grand Teton, Summer Palette
Monument #13, Storms Come
Circle Drive #5 – Day’s End
Sunset Ridgeline #3
Homage to an Old Friend #2