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
Freezing Fog
Illuminated Ridges 2- Yellow
Picuris Peak #2
Grand Teton, ROYGBIV #2, Orange (transparent orange)
Late Day Reflection
Quartzite #1
Grand Teton, ROYGBIV #2, Red (alizarin permanent)
Lone Tree – By the Sun, #1/3
Quartzite #2
Grand Teton, ROYGBIV #2, Violet (quinacridone magenta and violet)
Lone Tree – Lightening Day #3/3
Thirty Five- Storm Over the Mountain
Grand Teton, ROYGBIV #2, Violet (quinacridone violet, ultramarine blue, dioxazine purple)
River Bends – Rio Grande
Untitled
Grand Teton, ROYGBIV #2, Yellow (Hansa yellow deep)
Snake River
Upward Rising Light
Grand Teton, ROYGBIV #3, Violet (quinacridone violet and dioxazine purple)
Spring #2 – Rio Grande
Grand Teton, ROYGBIV #3, Green (sap green)
Springtime, Late Afternoon
Grand Teton, ROYGBIV #3, Red (alizarin permanent)
Sunrise Reflected- Rio Grande