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Stephanie Weber

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Toomey Tourell Fine Art is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of recent work by Berkeley based artist Stephanie Weber.

Dates of Exhibition: August 17th through September 30th, 2010

Stephanie Weber’s new paintings are constructed of horizontal and vertical fields of color, rich in variety, texture and atmosphere. The reflective quality of her medium – honey comb aluminum, adds luster to the layers of paint, creating a dazzling surface of repetitive patterns comprised of pigment, enamel and wax. These subtle color fields suggest an affinity with Abstract Expressionism from both coasts – the quiet washes of both Diebenkorn and Rothko, among others, contribute to her aesthetic.

Although Weber’s work seems on first viewing to be devoid of external references, there is in fact a nod to the California landscape and other natural phenomena – hair, skin, bone, blood and other ephemera abound. In her own words: “My paintings are an exploration. I work with areas of expressiveness but they are delimited within the blocks and bands that form a structure. I am interested in logical structure while simultaneously I want the work to touch an emotional chord. I’m concerned with the tension between what is concrete and the intangible, what you can touch and what you can imagine.

The aluminum panels I have been working on the last few years create an interesting support for me – an ongoing dialogue between the sensuousness of painting and the intellectual decisions that present themselves. In these paintings I love the coolness of the aluminum, the sense of space within the geometric form. I am trying to build out of paint and substance a place for the viewer’s consciousness, a place where unexpected associations and resonance can occur. The “stuff of life” is a guiding impetus for my painting – nature in a broad sense and the richness and chaos of the urban.”

This is Weber’s sixth exhibition with Toomey Tourell Fine Art.