Tom Relth
"Standing in the Water", pigments on Canvas, 33 x 210 in. (2.7 x 17.5'/0.8 x 5.3M)
"Standing in the Water", pigments on Canvas, 33 x 210 in. (2.7 x 17.5'/0.8 x 5.3M)
Tom Relth
"Old Growth Multnomah Falls" pigments on 5-panel canvas, 51 x 160 in. (1.3 x 4M)
"Old Growth Multnomah Falls" pigments on 5-panel canvas, 51 x 160 in. (1.3 x 4M)
Call for an appointment - 360 561-4245
Can't See the Forest for the Trees, pigments on canvas, 5 panels, 63 x 197" (1.6 x 5M)
Lower Columbia College Health and Sciences Bldg., Longview WA
Lower Columbia College Health and Sciences Bldg., Longview WA
Continuing Installations:
LSW Architects / West Park Partners - 610 Esther Street Set 200, Vancouver WA
Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation - 1007 E. Mill Plain Blvd. Vancouver WA
Boomerang - generosity returns - 808 Main Street, Vancouver WA
LSW Architects / West Park Partners - 610 Esther Street Set 200, Vancouver WA
Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation - 1007 E. Mill Plain Blvd. Vancouver WA
Boomerang - generosity returns - 808 Main Street, Vancouver WA
Tom Relth who keeps his studio in downtown Vancouver, Washington; is both a contemporary abstract and figurative painter, working generally on larger format canvas, paper and wood panels. Often Relth incorporates complex forms from nature.
He uses both traditional tube paints adding dry pigments, such as minerals, dried herbs and spices such as found in found in Mediterranean cuisine.
Relth offers a potent look at abstraction and use of color. The images depict a kind of atmospheric light and a suggestion of matter at its inception. Works are often fluid and occasionally focus on form, and often imply an intangible depth. The works have both a vibrancy of color and a paradoxical calmness.
The artist has developed a special process that includes the use of ground minerals (blues and pinks) and dry cooking spices like turmeric (yellows), paprika (reds) and cumin (earths), mixing his own paints with glues and resins. The process suggests early European paint methods and the Japanese process of Nihonga.
He uses both traditional tube paints adding dry pigments, such as minerals, dried herbs and spices such as found in found in Mediterranean cuisine.
Relth offers a potent look at abstraction and use of color. The images depict a kind of atmospheric light and a suggestion of matter at its inception. Works are often fluid and occasionally focus on form, and often imply an intangible depth. The works have both a vibrancy of color and a paradoxical calmness.
The artist has developed a special process that includes the use of ground minerals (blues and pinks) and dry cooking spices like turmeric (yellows), paprika (reds) and cumin (earths), mixing his own paints with glues and resins. The process suggests early European paint methods and the Japanese process of Nihonga.