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| The Toilet Bowl at Elmwood Manor, Soft Pastel on Canson Paper 12 x 16 inches, Alex Ariza Art 2022 |
This carefully rendered pastel drawing of the artist's bathroom features neutral colors, browns and grays to capture the mundane nature of the subject matter. The viewer is looking downward and sees a corner of a bathtub and shower curtain on the left hand side of the image and the toilet bowl with the seat down. To the right you can see a toilet paper roll and above a window with blue hues suggesting a nighttime scene. The artist's sense of humor comes through with this scene as the viewer cannot help but ask, what's in the bowl?
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| The Artist's Shoerack, Soft Pastel on Canson Paper 12 x 16 inches, Alex Ariza Art 2022 |
This loosely drawn pastel sketch shows an assortment of boots and sneakers on the artist's shoerack. The minimal use of color and brisk marks capture the scene with a sense of immediacy and recklessness.
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| The Kitchen at Elmwood Manor, Soft Pastel on Canson Paper, Alex Ariza Art 2022 |
This carefully rendered pastel drawing of the artist's kitchen features a brightly lit kitchen with a chair pulled out from the table alongside an open dishwasher. This drawing captures the warm light and colors of the mundane in a specific moment in time.
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| The Hallway at Elmwood Manor is a Liminal Space, Soft Pastel on Canson Paper 12 x 16 inches, Alex Ariza, 2022 |
This minimally drawn hallway captures the eerie quality of sitting at the end of a dark hallway with two closed doors. The viewer is left to question where these doors may lead. This is a quiet scene with muted limited colors leaving the viewer with a sense of unease and mystery.
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| Capturing the Light in the Living Room, Soft Pastel on Canson Paper 12 x 16 inches, Alex Ariza, 2022 |
This pastel drawing shows a lamp on a table. At the far right, a window with a blue hue suggests that it is nighttime. The artist is up late staring at light reflected off the walls. In the foreground, a rack of guitars are loosely drawing next to the table.
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| Bathroom Living Room Split, Soft Pastel on Canson Paper 12 x 16 inches, Alex Ariza, 2022 |
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| Portrait of Abuelita Rosa, Soft Pastel on Canson Paper 12 x 16 inches, Alex Ariza 2023 |
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| The Meadow at Genesee Valley Park, Rochester NY, Plein Air Soft Pastel Drawing on 12 x 16 inch Canson Paper, Alex Ariza 2022 |
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| The Back Loading Dock of the Memorial Art Gallery, Plein Air Soft Pastel Drawing on Canson paper 12 x 16 inches, Alex Ariza, 2024 |
This pastel drawing of the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, NY captures the light from the sun setting. The verdant garden behind the museum covers the left side of the drawing. The walls of the building show the sharp contrast between the lit planes and the walls covered in a blue tinted shadow.
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