ムードを選ぶだけで、空間がそれに応えます。光は冷たさや温もりを帯び、空気の流れが変わり、その感情を宿した作品だけが暗闇の中から浮かび上がります。それ以外のすべては、影の中へと退いていくのです。
The Quiet Observer of Light and Land Born in Peacham, Vermont, Julian Rix spent his life moving through the changing light of the American landscape. His early years in the East eventually led him toward the coast of California, where the specific quality of the light began to shape his hand. It was there that his ability to capture the atmosphere caught the eye of William Ryle, a silk tycoon from New Jersey. This connection provided t
he means for Rix to continue his practice, leading to a body of work that eventually found its way into the halls of Lambert Castle in Paterson, New Jersey. His approach to the canvas was marked by a preference for the Barbizon style, a method that favored the mood of a scene over sharp, clinical detail. He worked with oil on canvas, often using a palette knife to build texture. He was a man who understood the balance between sketchin…