Isaac Pohoryles Gelb

Artist Statement

While diverse in style and media, my art focuses on abstracting and externalizing momentary observations through the filters of imagination and memory. Whether representational or abstract, my drawings and paintings always begin with careful observation of the structural geometry and effects of light on the bodies, architectural forms, and objects in my surroundings. Through the process of remembering, imagining, and sketching, externalizing these images frequently results in distortions and abstractions as colors and shapes become independent from the reference material. Even my representational artwork aims at a degree of abstraction— or re-familiarization— with the subject matter as compositional choices require viewers to encounter familiar references with new perspectives.

Please browse my work— you can find everything in the “Portfolio” section— and get in touch if you have any thoughts!

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