Terence Osmond
Most
of my work involves the use of photography and other
mechanical devices such as planes, boats, and automobiles. This allows for an exploration of concepts
and development of the image that would otherwise not be possible.
Early Work – I
began painting at the age of ten. My
early training was heavily influenced by the classics. Much of my
images were
based on the figure and I had extensive training in anatomy and life
drawing.
In my early twenties I began to paint my first “series”, based on a
shipwreck
of the Greek freighter the “Dominator” located off the Palos Verdes
coast in
Southern California. These paintings were hard edged, color studies of
close
cropped mechanical structure that had a very organic feel because of
the way
the steel was torn and rusted. In my mid twenties I began
exploring the
use of common images (ocean, portraits, still life's, etc.) to see if I
could
do something unique and exciting with them. I also began exploring what
was
referred to at that time a Hyper-Realist style. The earliest of
these images were Ocean paintings, which began in a
more Expressionist mode then developed to a
more Realist
style. These were fairly large paintings (60"x72"), as much of my
work tended to be at that time.
Video Series - In 1979 I began a series of paper pieces, (and
some on canvas) which were based on images seen on television. I worked on this
series on and off, through the mid 80's. The images I chose came from
commercials, old movies, news programs and weekly shows. To develop the images
I mainly used horizontal lines to emphasize the scan lines of the cathode
ray. During this time I also worked on a series of drawings based on
nature, using the horizontal line as a foundation for the image.
Aerial Landscape -
Through the invention of flight we have been able to
view the earth from above. With the advent of photography, record it!
The
development of Aerial Photography began in the 1850's when balloons
with
cameras attached were sent aloft. Today we have satellites taking
pictures of
the earth and other planets from great altitudes. It was because of
these
modern technologies I was able to develop Aerial Landscape Painting.
This new
way of looking at landscape seemed to me a logical progression from the
traditional perspective of landscape we have been accustomed to. Around
1980 I
was flying with my sister who had just received her pilot’s license and
started
taking photographs of the surrounding Los Angeles area. I started the
Aerial
Series the same year using these photos as a reference for the
paintings. These
early paintings were at first realistic then latter developed to a
more expressionistic and abstracted style. As these images
evolved. I felt like the earth was being torn, gouged and tortured and
tried to reflect this feeling in the paintings. I painted
Aerials for about 6 years and completed over one hundred and twenty
acrylic on
canvas pieces and hundreds of works on paper.
Botanical
Expressionism - In
the late Eighties I worked on a series of expressionistic paintings whose
primary source of imagery was the many different plants I had growing in my
garden.
Desert Landscape - For the past few years I have been painting landscape as a
subject. Until now my main treatment of
this genre has been through the "Aerial"
viewpoint. The "Desert Landscape" was a series that developed as a
result of moving to the Nevada desert. I returned to a recognizable image with
a more impressionistic paint surface and visual perspective.
Lake Mead Series - I have always
enjoyed painting water and rocks. With this series I have returned to a subject
that still fascinates me. Lake Mead is such a strange paradox, here you have
this very large body of water in the middle of a desert and still hardly anything
grows there. All these images were taken from a boat looking towards shore.
Drive-By Series – Since
we were children we all have spent countless hours in the car watching the
scenery go by. This series of Drive-By Landscape Paintings is a result of this
common and contemporary way in which we tend to view nature. We have become use
to the bombardment of rapid fire images from Television and Film as it is in
the “Drive-By Landscape”. I take a single frame out of context and choose
to examine it, can we even bear to look at the still image anymore? This is
landscape through time with the visual distortion of the foreground and the
background becoming the more focused. A reversal of the normal view of
landscape as forms blend, blur and constantly change.
Today – As a child growing up in Newfoundland, Canada I had the great fortune of
being able to grow up in an environment of total freedom. I spent as much time
as possible exploring the North Woods and have always been fascinated by
nature. Today my work continues to be heavily influenced by my natural
surroundings and I’m still using landscape and plant forms as the basis of my
work.
SOLO
EXHIBITS:
AERIAL
LANDSCAPES
Orlando Gallery,
Sherman Oaks, CA 1986
ABORIGINAL
INNUENDO
SERIES
Orlando Gallery,
Sherman Oaks, CA 1983
AERIAL
VIEWS
North Gallery,
Los
Angles Municipal Art Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
1982
PAINTINGS
AND
DRAWINGS
El Camino
College,
Torrance, CA 1979
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITS:
CALIFORNIA
COLOR
Three Person
Exhibit,
Saddleback College
Mission Viejo CA
1986
LA
ICONS
385 NORTH,
BEVERLY
HILLS CA 1986
REACHING
THE
SUMMIT:
MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPES IN CA, 1900 to 1986
Laguna Bch.
Museum
& Saddleback College, CA 1986
ALUMNI
EXHIBIT
El Camino
College,
Torrance, CA 1984
THIRD
ANNUAL
ART/SOUL
BENEFIT EXHIBIT
(CG Jung
Institute)
Stella Polaris Gallery, CA 1984
ART/SOUL
BENEFIT
EXHIBIT
(CG Jung
Institute)
LA, CA 1982
SECOND
ANNUAL
ART/SOUL
BENEFIT EXHIBIT
(CG Jung
Institute),
Stella Polaris Gallery, CA 1983
JURIED EXHIBITS:
MANY
VOICES/MANY
VISIONS
El Camino
College,
Torrance, CA 1985
VISIONS
OF
1984
University
Center,
UC Santa Barbara, CA 1984
ALL
CALIFORNIA /84
Laguna Beach
Museum
of Art, Laguna Bch. CA 1984
LA
VIDA DE
CALIFORNIA
Century Gallery,
Veterans Memorial Park. Sylmar, CA 1984
PACIFIC
STATES PRINT
AND DRAWING TRAVELING EXHIBIT
University Of
Hawaii,
Hilo, HA 1983
2D
NATIONAL
Angles Gate
Cultural
Center, San Pedro, CA 1983
THIRD
ANNUAL
JURIED
EXHIBITION
Conejo Valley
Art
Museum, Thousand Oaks, CA 1983
SIXTH
ANNUAL
SBCC
SMALL IMAGES EXHIBIT
Santa Barbara
City
College, Santa Barbara, CA 1982
TWENTY-EIGHTH
ALL
CITY EXHIBITION
Los Angles
Municipal
Art Gallery
Barnsdall Park.
LA, CA 1980
MALAGA
COVE
GROUP
EXHIBIT
Malaga Cove
Library
Gallery, Malaga Cove, CA 1976
CIRCLE
GALLERY GROUP
PRINT EXHIBIT
West Hampton,
L.I.,
New York 1972
Kellenberg Gallery, Molloy College, New York 1970
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GALLERIES
Aboriginal Innuendo Paintings Aerial Landscape Paintings Botanical Expressionism Paintings
Desert Landscape Paintings Drive-By Paintings Hyper Realist Paintings Lake Mead Series Paintings
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