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With an innate instinct for balancing composition, color and
energy, H. Wesley Wheeler creates templates on which each of us
may overlay our own sense of mood and meaning. In this way, he
paints works of enduring appeal, as the "message" changes with
the perceptions, personal experience and current mood of the
viewer.
While Wheeler’s work is influenced by Mark Rothko’s atmospheric
canvases and by the color palettes of Edward Hopper, Vincent van
Gogh and others, he paints in his own individual style. His work
falls into two principal categories: color field abstraction
inspired by cityscapes, landscapes or seascapes, and what the
artist calls "narrative abstraction," in which he uses graphite,
charcoal and pastel pencil to draw recognizable forms within the
layers of a more traditionally abstract environment. His works
are intended to suggest a story, a memory or a feeling supplied
by the viewer.
Wheeler describes himself as a "later blooming artist." He spent
his career as a Fortune 300 executive but painted "in the
closet" for much of his career in pursuit of a passion inherited
from his mother, a portrait artist, and his uncle, a former
curator for the Rockefeller Foundation and the Henry Ford
Museum. Following retirement, Wheeler made his exhibition debut
in 2005 with the Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson, NY. He has
since exhibited in Massachusetts, New York City and Washington,
DC. A long-time native of northern New Jersey, Wheeler currently
resides in Ballston Spa, NY.
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| Water Columns (2008) |
40 x 30
oil on canvas |
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| Ice Lake (2007) |
36 x 24
Oil on Canvas |
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