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GERARD STRICHER
Recreation Oil on Canvas 64” x 51”
Presenting the viewer with striking, incredibly vivid
canvases, Gerard Stricher is an abstract artist. Making
use of intense complementary colors—inky, prussian blue,
acid yellow and white, placid sky blue up against firey
oranges and reds—his paintings convey a tremendous
energy as the pigment glows from the canvas’ surface. The
physical properties of the paint also play a large part in his
compositions. The oil paint drips down the canvas creating
linear boundaries and spreading the color further, bleeding
into other areas. This adds to the tension in Stricher’s
work between the controlled elements and those that are
arbitrary and free. When balancing these, his handling of
light is superb. In many works, he layers dark pigments, then
streaks lighter colors over them in large expressive strokes.
They seem like strobes of light in the darkness, like the light
trails of car headlamps in long-exposure night photographs.
This lends Stricher’s work a wonderful lightness and sense of
immediacy that transcends the paint from which the picture
is created. It is this combination of vibrant color, energy and
buoyancy that makes his work truly beautiful and arresting.
The aesthetic is paramount for Stricher. He sees the world
in colors, and his thoughts, emotions, energy and inspiration
are drawn from them. His canvases therefore expose to the
world a part of his psyche, a visual product of an inner world
that he seeks to communicate. His vision is not completely
focused inwards—it is his outward vision and drive which
have propelled him to take up art full-time after retiring from
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Fusion Oil on Canvas 47” x 39”
Gerard at Work in his Studio
business. Stricher’s external inspirations are not the cut-andthrust
business world, but rather the people around him and
especially the natural world. It is this connection perhaps,
that helps him to create such harmonious works of beauty.
Gerard Stricher was born in France and grew up in a house
that was full of art and where he felt connected to nature. He
currently lives and works in Paris.
Websites: www.gstricher.com
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