I see our lives as an amalgamation of marks made by others and our reaction to these marks. Colors and shapes that represent a particular moment of meeting or relationships that span some interval of time. My paintings are about the painting process, using a non-linier, non-referential theme. Each offers a moment analogous to cloud watching, infusing imagery, landscape and allowing the viewer to create their own interpretation and dialogue.
My paintings are a series of imprints, indelible marks. Marks left by every interaction regardless of the duration or level of impact. Each has left some stain and aided in the developed of my tapestry, perhaps a small patch of color or the continuous ribbon of years that fades to a fine tip and ceases.
I use an arsenal of tools rather than brushes; the application of paint through a variety of methods is an essential aspect of the process. The tools have evolved as the paintings have. Multiple layers of thinly knifed transparent glazes creates a cohesive, tightly finished painting.
Every encounter shapes and marks the human canvas, eventually altering it. Multiple encounters, over time paints our individual tapestry unique as a fingerprint.
Robert Redus Biography
EDUCATION
2005 BFA University of New Mexico, Studio/Painting, Summa Cum Laude
PUBLICATIONS
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, Wild Guide 2010
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 “The Beginning of the End” Dreamscape Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2009 “Exhibition”, Esther Bone Library, Rio Rancho New Mexico
2009 “Solo Show” Sumner Dene Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2008 “Abstraction” Sumner Dene Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2005 “Driven to Distraction”, Factory on 5th Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2004 “Spaces”, Busters, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2004 “Refractions”, Chef Du Jour, Albuquerque, New Mexico
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 “Internal Process”, Factory on 5th Art Space, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2005 “Book Show”, North Space Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2005 “Outdoor Studio”, Factory on 5th Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2005 “Spring Forward”, North Space Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2005 “Wilderness”, John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2006 “Redus, Robertson and Scott”, Factory on 5th Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2010 “Valley of the Art Dolls” Dreamscape Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2009 “ 9x9x9 Show”, South Space Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2008 “Ribbons”, Sumner-Dene Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2007 “First Friday” Dreamscape Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2006 “From the Heart” UNM Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2006 “Vida” John Marshall Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2005 “Impromptu” John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2005 “Entelechy” ASA Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2001 “Placitas Art Fair” Placitas, New Mexico
2001 “Union Street Art Fair” San Francisco, California
2000 “Fillmore Art and Jazz Festival San Francisco California
2000 “Union Street Art Fair” San Francisco, California
