Since 1973, using acrylic, oil, and watercolor,
I have continuously explored a photo-derived aerial format. The aerial view
(flatscape) takes advantage of a view that is now commonplace but which in the
nineteenth century was quite special. Because an aerial view offers an overall
flat plane, the planar recession provided by Renaissance perspective is not
necessary to define space. Instead of perspective linearity, the space can be
formed by color forces compatibly fused with flat, simply described, geometrically
sectioned farm imagery. With my "flatscape" paintings I hope to picture an ebullient,
energetic color array that reaches beyond decorative enhancement or tapestry
enrichment to offer an ordered, relational color strength intended to help consider,
suggest, or make evident the positive sense of well-being discoverable in the
Midwest landscape.
- Harold Gregor
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