Cascadia Painting

Ron’s current work confronts the viewer with surreal forms that border on the familiar while remaining elusive. Never quite natural, yet corresponding to no explicit artificiality, the forms invade the eye even as they saunter leisurely through the canvases. His dynamic pastiche of geometric shapes, fabrics, architectural elements, consumer products, even human figures creates an enigma that blurs the line between the imaginary and the real. Each painting invites us to interpret, yet dances away from our every effort to do so. Instead, we find we must focus on the textures and luminosities of his interlocking, often quixotic forms, and on the play of sharply contrasted intensities of color, opening ourselves to a deep and poignant truth that finds its expression only in silent and reflective viewing.