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
Meanwhile, in New Mexico
Sunrise Fog
A Sea of Sage at Sunset
Grand Teton, ROYGBIV #3, Orange (transparent orange)
Monument #12 – Soft Clouds and Bright Light
Sunset Ridgeline #2
A Sea of Snow on Juniper and Sage
Grand Teton, Summer Palette
Monument #13, Storms Come
Sunset Ridgeline #3
Circle Drive #5 – Day’s End
Grand Teton, ROYGBIV #3, Yellow (Hansa yellow deep)
Sunset Ridgeline #1
Atmospherics
In the Valley, In the Sky
Talpa Snow #1
Big Snow
Last Thoughts with the Setting Sun
Talpa Snow #2
Grand Teton, Rising Light
Monument #14, Storms Go
Taos Mountain, After Sunset
Grand Teton, ROYGBIV #2 (pthalo blue)
Morning Field