Chris Hawthorne

Moon Glow

circa 2013

Edward Lentsch’s expansive artistic practice explores his relationship between the self, nature and the universe. From the Fibonacci sequence to the teachings of Aristotle, Lentsch attempts to create a bridge between the natural world and these intellectual canons, exploring the interconnection between the realms of science and mysticism, the metaphysical and the spiritual. He explores how these three facets are integrated within a global environment and moreover how we, as humans, fit within this complex matrix of thought using the ideas of some of the world’s greatest writers and scholars. Lentsch works across a variety of media to create an ‘energy of intention’, in which textures, compositions and colours (or their absence) are combined. At first glance, his abstract canvases bring to mind the earthen tones of Kiefer, or the scratched surfaces of Tàpies. Lentsch, however, draws from a broader art historical canon, and painting becomes an extension of the life force around him, a transformative experience through which he can mediate a pure experiential moment. Flowing from a nonverbal intuitive state of creative expression, Lentsch bridges a complex visual language in which colours and textures are lifted from the natural world. On canvas, they are refracted and tessellated, at times put through the process of entropy, which allows for them to be transformed and transmuted. Lentsch starts with a mastic and polymer foundation, before working with stone powders and dry pigments. Here, while the work is still wet, he uses trowels...

Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Saints II, 1994 Mixed Media House Paint on Laid Fabric 46.50 x 19.50 in

Mixed Media house paint on wood

Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Warriors Together, 1987 Mixed Media house paint on cardboard and thin wood 17.50 x 48 in

Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Hold Back the Eye, 1993 Mixed Media House paint and carpet on board 21 x 48 in

Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Figures, 1992 Paint on curved on Mica panel 17 x 47.50 x 8 in

One of a kind Blown and fused Glass Sculpture in molted opaque black , black, brown, grey and sandbusted. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm X 10 cm X 18 cm ). Total weigh...

One of a kind Blown and fused Glass Sculpture in opaque black , opaque white,black, grey and silver white. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm X 10 cm X 18 cm ). Total weig...

One of a kind Blown and fused Glasswhite silver transparent and matte white and noir. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm X 10 cm X 18 cm ). Total weight about 20 to 25 k...

One of a kind Blown and fused Glass in opaque black, blueish black, transparent white and sandblasted. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm X 10 cm X 18 cm ). Total weight ...

One of a kind Blown and fused Glass Sculpture in brown/black, bluish black, opaque white and White sandblasted. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm X 10 cm X 18 cm ). Tota...

One of a kind Blown and fused Glass Sculpture in molted opaque black , brown/black and sandblasted. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm...