Toomey Tourell Fine Art: Jimi Gleason: Rough Around the Edges

Jimi Gleason: Rough Around the Edges

Toomey Tourell Fine Art is pleased to announce a solo exhibition entitled “Rough Around the Edges” by Los Angeles based artist Jimi Gleason.

In Jimi Gleason’s newest body of abstract paintings, light itself seems suddenly released on canvas – forms emerge and receed within shifting fields of color. As the artist states:

“My paintings can be seen as a response to physical environments through visual problem solving. I first create an interesting space (the problem) and then balance form and structure within that space in a manner that seems to distill or harmonize natural forces (the solution). My forms and colors have always suggested nature on some scale. The aesthetic of my paintings are based on the integrity of their organization.”

“This new collection is consistent with the themes I have developed over the last decade, but is a radical departure in execution. By using an iridescent surface coat, I have managed to create visual spaces that respond to both the play of light and the location of the viewer. The paintings simultaneously react to and represent their physical environment. The paintings are meticulously designed to create a meditative experience in which the viewer is given the opportunity to explore a dynamic solution to space articulated through color and form.”

Jimi Gleason has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and abroad. His paintings have been included in numerous important private and public collections, including the Eli Broad Foundation and the Frederick Weisman Art Foundation.

This is Jimi Gleason’s third exhibition with Toomey Tourell.