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ARTISTS
Roberto Rosenman
Artist Statement
I have always been drawn to portraiture because it holds a great challenge for contemporary artists. How does one create a new objectivity within such an established tradition? This question is at the forefront of my work.
I am always reluctant to exclusively call my work ‘Drawing’, since technically, I feel closer to the discipline of painting. These works are done using dry water-colour pencil on paper. Upon discovering water-colour pencils; I found that unlike wax crayons their pigment was soft enough to blend and layer colours on top of each other; much as one would with paint. Throughout my many affairs with oil painting and drawing, I return again and again to this technique since it fulfills both worlds for me in one.
I work primarily from three quite opposing points of influence; the Flemish school, Symbolist and Secessionist artists, and the German Neue Sachlichkeit period of the twenties. I love the level of realism that Flemish painters achieved yet I am drawn more to Impressionist pallet that Symbolist and Secessionist painters used. I prefer to use blues and reds to create shadows instead of adding degrees of black.
Thematically, my goal is to create a narrative that is not exclusive to the sitter of the portrait. I like to use unobvious symbols and dream imagery for, in this way, I can avoid a collective narrative. Much in the same way that a reader will juxtapose their own image onto the main protagonist, I wish for viewers to look at my portraits and find a particular character who is a mirror of themselves and who, in turn, they can attach a story to.
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| Portrait of Sibeon 18" x 22.5" Water-colour pencil on Fabriano paper - Sold |
Warsaw is Burning 22" x 18" Water-colour pencil on Fabriano paper - Sold |
The Communion of the Saints 24" x 18" Water-colour pencil on Fabriano paper - Sold |
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Portrait of Robert 18" x 15" Water-colour pencil on Fabriano paper - $1,000 |
Waiting 24" x20" Oil on canvas - $1,300 |
Two Lovers 28" x24" Water-colour pencil on Fabriano paper - Sold |
