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RICARDO LOWENBERG
Rachel Oil on Canvas 31”x 23”
Gleaning artistic influence from an amalgam of art history’s
greatest painters, Ricardo Lowenberg transforms the canvas
with his skillful manipulation of shape, color, texture and rhythm.
In his portrayal of the everyday world, Lowenberg transforms
scenes of the mundane, be they the knowing glance of a young
woman, a basket of lemons atop a table, or a quiet country
landscape, into a spiritually infused piece of art for a decidedly
modern audience.
“influenced by the work of Mexican
Surrealist painter Frida Kahlo,
Ricardo Lowenberg uses dreamlike
colors, symbolic props, and textural
paint application to produce a modern
surrealism relevant to contemporary
life in Mexico City.”
Deseo Monarca Oil on Canvas 31”x 23”
Strongly influenced by the work of Mexican Surrealist painter
Frida Kahlo, Ricardo Lowenberg uses dreamlike colors, symbolic
props, and textural paint application to produce a modern
surrealism relevant to contemporary life in Mexico City. In much
of his figurative work, Lowenberg concentrates on the human face
to capture the emotions and thoughts portrayed within the telling
eyes of the subject. In masterfully capturing the subtle nuances
of the gaze, Lowenberg displays his own innate and sophisticated
understanding of the soul.
Where his portrait paintings draw a strong comparison to the
psychologically stirring self portraits Kahlo produced in the
mid-20th Century, Lowenberg’s still life and landscape paintings
portray a post-Impressionist sensibility reminiscent of those late
19th Century masters of hue and light including Cézanne and
Gauguin. Using a refined and muted color palette, Lowenberg
carefully models the form, to create a surprising canvas that is
dually flat and three dimensional.
Like the diverse group of artists who influenced him, Ricardo
Lowenberg attempts to create paintings imbued with a strong
sense of emotion and spirit. Yet, rather than using painting to
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