Horizon Light
2008
encaustic and oil on panel
21"x 21"
 "Tundra" 42"x 21", encaustic and oil on panel
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 "Tranquil Waters" 68 x 30, encaustic and oil on panel
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 "Mangrove Canopy" 68"x 42", encaustic and oil on panel
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 "Canopy Light" 42"x 21", encaustic and oil on panel
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 "Mangrove Shoreline" 21"x 42", encaustic and oil on panel
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 "Lime Reflections" 21"x 42", encaustic and oil on panel
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 "Shapes of the Yangtze" 30"x 68", encaustic and oil on panel
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 "Glowing Horizon" 21"x 42", encaustic and oil on panel
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 "Blue Yangtze" 42"x 68", encaustic and oil on panel
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 "Spring Triptych " 42"x 72", encaustic and oil on panel
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 "Green Mangrove" 42"x 68", encaustic and oil on panel
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"Path of the Yangtze" 30"x 68", encaustic and oil on panel
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 "Edge of the Yangtze" 21"x 21", encaustic and oil on panel
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 "Sienna Rise" 21"x 21", encaustic and oil on panel
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 "Stare at the Sun" 21"x 21", encaustic and oil on panel
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 "Spring Mangrove" 21"x 21", encaustic and oil on panel
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Denevan’s recent series of paintings are based on the deep mangrove forests and dense canopies of Venezuela’s Orinoco Delta. These works reflect the rich and textured beauty of this isolated region. Painted on wood and on canvas with ink, acrylic, oil, and beeswax, the “Orinoco Abstractions” explore the subtleties of light, reflection, and density with layered surfaces and organic forms.
A number of the landscapes are viewed as if through a sheet of glass blotched or streaked with rain. The elemental landscapes thus have become indistinct, and less of their character is conveyed through form than color. In the process, the panels move that much closer to abstraction while still remaining a kind of record of topographical and climatic conditions.
The surfaces of these pictures offer gratifications in and of themselves. Tree and grass forms are, for example, cut into the paint that, at times, almost billows around them. So there is some of the tactile sense of working in low wooden reliefs, which gives a rusticity to the more refined pleasures of the beeswax.”
Biography
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Robin Denevan's work is an exploration of the relationships and dualities of atmosphere and form. These paintings focus on a pause between extremes, a place where the imagery is continuous and rhythmic, a forest grove, a river’s shore, a jungle canopy. For the past six years Robin Denevan has traveled extensively throughout Asia and Latin America with charcoal, graphite and ink as his primary media. The works’ intent is to convey an emotional and visceral impression of his experiences abroad. His drawings are a journal of the strange and evocative landscapes he encounters while traveling. Though often representational in nature, the styles shift with the changing landscapes and suggest departures for his abstract paintings.