Jivan Lee

Represented by Altamira Fine Art

jivan lee“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

Sunset Ridgeline #2 by Jivan LeeSunset Ridgeline #2Jivan LeeGrand Teton, Summer Palette by Jivan LeeGrand Teton, Summer PaletteJivan LeeMonument #13, Storms Come by Jivan LeeMonument #13, Storms ComeJivan LeeCircle Drive #5 – Day’s End by Jivan LeeCircle Drive #5 – Day’s EndJivan LeeSunset Ridgeline #3 by Jivan LeeSunset Ridgeline #3Jivan LeeHomage to an Old Friend #2 by Jivan LeeHomage to an Old Friend #2Jivan LeePassing Squall #1 by Jivan LeePassing Squall #1Jivan LeeFall Snow by Jivan LeeFall SnowJivan LeeIlluminated Ridges 1- Orange by Jivan LeeIlluminated Ridges 1- OrangeJivan LeePassing Squall #3 by Jivan LeePassing Squall #3Jivan LeeFreezing Fog by Jivan LeeFreezing FogJivan LeeLast Thoughts with the Setting Sun by Jivan LeeLast Thoughts with the Setting SunJivan LeeTalpa Snow #2 by Jivan LeeTalpa Snow #2Jivan LeeGrand Teton, Rising Light by Jivan LeeGrand Teton, Rising LightJivan LeeMonument #14, Storms Go by Jivan LeeMonument #14, Storms GoJivan LeeTaos Mountain, After Sunset by Jivan LeeTaos Mountain, After SunsetJivan LeeGrand Teton, ROYGBIV #2 (pthalo blue) by Jivan LeeGrand Teton, ROYGBIV #2 (pthalo blue)Jivan LeeMorning Field by Jivan LeeMorning FieldJivan LeeTaos Mountain, Day’s End by Jivan LeeTaos Mountain, Day’s EndJivan LeeGrand Teton, ROYGBIV #2, Green (pthalo green and Indian yellow) by Jivan LeeGrand Teton, ROYGBIV #2, Green (pthalo green and Indian yellow)Jivan LeePicuris Peak – Cold Morning by Jivan LeePicuris Peak – Cold MorningJivan LeeThirty Five- Storm Over the Mountain by Jivan LeeThirty Five- Storm Over the MountainJivan LeeGrand Teton, ROYGBIV #2, Violet (quinacridone violet, ultramarine blue, dioxazine purple) by Jivan LeeGrand Teton, ROYGBIV #2, Violet (quinacridone violet, ultramarine blue, dioxazine purple)Jivan LeeRiver Bends – Rio Grande by Jivan LeeRiver Bends – Rio GrandeJivan Lee
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