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Children’s Garden, Flossmoor Painting

Leon Sarantos

United States

Painting, Oil on Canvas

Size: 28 W x 22 H x 1 D in

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I created “Children’s Garden, Flossmoor” en plein air last summer during the annual “Artists In the Garden” event, hosted by Union Street Gallery in Chicago Heights, Illinois. The circular walkway was designed to give the children a space to run around while enjoying the plants and flowers. It is a...

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2016

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Painting, Oil on Canvas

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28 W x 22 H x 1 D in

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Leon Sarantos graduated from the College of Arts and Architecture at the University of Michigan. Mr. Sarantos is an architect, as well as an artist. Continuing Studies Art Institute of Chicago, figure painting. Hyde Park Art Center, oil painting, portraits, independent study with Darrell Roberts. Represented by Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois; Paul Henry's Art Gallery, Hammond, Indiana; CornerStone Art Gallery, Whiting, Indiana; Xanadu Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona. Member: Union Street Gallery Guild; Artsia: The Society of International Artists; 119th Street Artists; Studio 659. Listed in Art World Chicago: Online Art Gallery: Chicago Painters, Chicago Photographers. Artist Statement: A Love Affair With Colors. I use color as a driving force to create art that is recognizable to the viewer, yet abstracted from a literal representation. This interplay of abstraction and realism in my art is akin to abstract realism. In this approach, I find inspiration in the art of Milton Avery. In carving out the elements of the painting, I use strong dark lines to give the art movement and delineate the objects portrayed. For added visual variety and movement, I graduate the values from very light to dark moving across the canvas. These contrasting color values offer borders and outlines to explore, similar to catching a look at an image in shade or direct sunlight, adjacent but distinct. Often, I layer one color over another, letting each layer peek through and add its contribution. Small, quick dashes of high-key colors dance across the painting for subtle stimulation and movement. I often paint using realistic techniques: lighting, perspective, and modeling. My manner of paint application, though, creates a contemporary feel to the finished work by using flattened objects, textures, partial overlays of color, and strong, carved out shapes. My art presents the interplay between abstraction and realism across genres including figurative art, cityscapes of Chicago scenes, and landscapes, as well as still life paintings. My recent digital art series also explores the interplay of representational photography with digital transformations that present a more abstract view.

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