October 20, 2011 – March 25, 2012
New York City Skyline from Hoboken, Chris Kappmeier
About Chris Kappmeier
New Jersey artist Chris Kappmeier’s paintings burst with expressionistic specks and dashes of paint that build to capture city vistas and landscapes in semi-abstraction all over a canvas’s pictorial surface. An artist with a modern take on the traditions of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Kappmeier’s paintings call to mind the work of artists such as Van Gogh and Monet, who Kappmeier cites as influences, and who were also "obsessed with visions of vibrant colors". Kappmeier says his paintings “mirror the disorder of city living and the serenity of landscapes”.
Bold Strokes: The Paintings of Chris Kappmeier, also includes still life paintings of fresh cut flowers (which don’t seem to stand still!). Kappmeier started painting flowers in vases after a recent commission and discovered a new form to render in his lively and varied artistic style.
Lyndhurst Ferris Wheel, Chris Kappmeier
Kappmeier is a Fine Art graduate of the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art, which sparked his passion for open-air painting. After post-graduate study, Kappmeier traveled throughout Italy and England, painting whatever inspired him along the way. He studied figure drawing with Peter Schneck and apprenticed in Syracusa, Italy. He has also worked as a silkscreen and gold leaf printer. Kappmeier currently resides in Lyndhurst, New Jersey.
Artist Statement
Kappmeier says, “All of my landscapes are done in ‘open air’. I don’t think you can paint a cold winter scene or hot summer day without being in it. My art is about the feeling of the moment and not done from pictures; in this way I am part of all my paintings. I love to create something from nothing., to take a blank canvas or a piece of paper and bring the feeling of the moment to others. In the end, the artwork speaks for itself.”
Read the Star-Ledger review here.
December 16 | 1:00 p.m.
Free with museum admission
Professional museum educators will lead a tour of this exhibition, followed by conversation in the galleries. |
