Rex Maurice Oppenheimer

Rex Maurice Oppenheimer

Palm Springs, CA, United States

About Rex Maurice Oppenheimer

ARTIST STATEMENT My art, although being created by a human hand, somehow tries to represent a haphazard beauty, as one might find in nature. Although I can admire beautifully manicured gardens, I am not such a fan. I prefer the overgrown or untended landscape, which can offer a breathtaking beauty seemingly randomly created. My work represents human interaction with the earth that is not overbearing, but rather honors what it finds and discovers to be elegant without affectation. Color and design are essential elements in my work, which, while often representational, also includes large doses of abstraction and imagination. I work intuitively and instinctually. The painting, the colors, the marks on the canvas, lead me on. I seek the intersection of the unknown and the commonplace, to communicate the sense of mystery at the heart of being, to bring the soul of the mountain to the surface of its stones. I am not a technician and not driven by detail or method. I started with oil and now work with acrylic. I am led by circumstance to what works best for now. Rex Maurice Oppenheimer Winner in five of the painting Category, ArtSlant International Awards Showcases in 2017, 2015, 2013. Primarily self taught, Rex Maurice Oppenheimer has won awards as both an artist and writer. His paintings have been exhibited in a variety of venues and purchased by collectors in the United States and abroad; his writings include many nonfiction books and articles, poetry and lyrics for songs recorded on Capitol and Arista Records. Although he had won awards as an artist at an early age, writing dominated his life for many years. The desire to paint, which had smoldered within, emerged some years ago when he was living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he met and studied briefly with the Artist Roger Williams. A high school dropout, wanderlust, romanticism and artistic passion propelled him through a checkered past, which included smuggling pre-Columbian art out of Mexico, songwriting in Los Angeles, vagabonding across Asia and living in London’s Belgravia replete with Rolls and chauffer. He and his wife Michele currently divide their time between Palm Springs, California and France. rexoppenheimer.com

Education:

I have slithered through the Underground
Partied in penthouses
I've ridden in rickshaws
And been chauffeured in Rolls Royces
I've been sober, I've been drunk
Been a playboy, and a punk,
And i still don't know
What's goin' on

Events:

A few of my Exhibitions:

Palm Springs Art Museum Metamorphosis Exhibition, March 28th, 2019

bG Gallery Bergamot, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA May 5, 2018 - May 28, 2018. Opening reception May 5, 5 - 8 pm

SIMEON DEN GALLERY, Cathedral City, CA: December 9 - 30, Opening reception December 9, 5 - 8 pm

EXHIBITION: Palm Springs Art Museum Artists Council "Expressions of the Cochella Valley." Opening reception March 2, 2017

EXHIBITION: Smith Vargas Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA, Opening reception April 29, 2016

EXHIBITION: Muse on 8th, Los Angeles, September, October, November 2014. Opening reception September 4, 2014

Exhibitions:

A few of my Exhibitions:
Palm Springs Art Museum: Metamorphosis: exhibition at Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert, The Galen, from Thursday, March 28 through Friday, April 12, 2019.

bG Gallery Bergamot, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA May 5, 2018 - May 28, 2018. Opening reception May 5, 5 - 8 pm

SIMEON DEN GALLERY, Cathedral City, CA: December 9 - 30, Opening reception December 9, 5 - 8 pm

Palm Springs Art Museum Artists Council "Expressions of the Cochella Valley." Opening reception March 2, 2017

Smith Vargas Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA, Opening reception April 29, 2016

Muse on 8th, Los Angeles, September, October, November 2014. Opening reception September 4, 2014