Loading PictureIn the spring of 1971 I lost my job at SVA. After a few catatonic days, I reached out to Ivan Karp at the OK Harris Gallery. He hired me as an art mover. Soon I had my new, not-for-much-profit, business, Arie Express, hauling art for NY galleries. Unwittingly, SVA provided me with the epiphany that led to my discovery of Reflected-Light painting. Viewing an exhibit of unmemorable drawings at the SVA gallery, I became intrigued by the bright reflections above the highly polished aluminum frames. Reflected-Light, my brain raced, I could use intense colors to cast reflections and stain the walls with color. That summer, Richard and Cathy Artschwager let me stay at their house in Charlotteville, NY. In exchange for room and board I became Richard’s studio assistant and hired hand. I had a show coming up at the Madison Art Center in Madison, WI, and, by removing tons of aged manure from the milking shed attached to his studio/barn, I created my studio space. My first works incorporating reflected light were painted there. I was struck by the possibilities and wanted to show the works to Ivan, but Richard suggested I wait till I fully understood this medium. It was another 5 years before I showed Ivan my work. One limitation of reflecting light became instantly clear, the bottoms of the works would remain dark. In a breakthrough of sorts, the following triangular airbrushed surfaces of the “Aurora” series have no bottoms and could be lit with ease. The “Aurora” paintings were done using a “Flit” atomizer pump gun, turning my Thompson Street railroad flat into a hazard to my health. In these, and in the canvases of the “Rainbow Division” series, I searched for a saturated surface that would match the corona of reflected light. The latter work was done by airbrush in Wojciech Fangor’s Madison, NJ, studio, which later became mine. I just began a part-time teaching gig at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and Wojtek and Magda let me stay at their place for the summer. That fall I was hired as a full-time Adjunct Instructor at FDU, which became my academic home for the next 32 years.


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Rainbow Division #1 A “Rainbow Division #1” Section A 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #1 B “Rainbow Division #1” Section B 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #1 C “Rainbow Division #1” Section C 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #1 D “Rainbow Division #1” Section D 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #1 A

Rainbow Division #1 B

Rainbow Division #1 C

Rainbow Division #1 D


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Rainbow Division #1 E “Rainbow Division #1” Section E 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #1 (Left View) “Rainbow Division #1” Left View 42” x 130” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division # 1 (Frontal View) “Rainbow Division #1” Frontal View 42” x 130” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #1 (Right View) “Rainbow Division #1” Right View 42” x 130” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #1 E

Rainbow Division #1 (Left View)

Rainbow Division #1 (Frontal View)

Rainbow Division #1 (Right View)


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Rainbow Division #2 A “Rainbow Division #2” Section A 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas  

Rainbow Division #2 B “Rainbow Division #2” Section B 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas 

Rainbow Division #2 C “Rainbow Division #2” Section C 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas 

Rainbow Division #2 D “Rainbow Division #2” Section D 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas 

Rainbow Division #2 A

Rainbow Division #2 B

Rainbow Division #2 C

Rainbow Division #2 D


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Rainbow Division #2 E “Rainbow Division #2” Section E 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas  

Rainbow Division #2 (Left View “Rainbow Division #2” Left View 42” x 130” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas 

Rainbow Division #2 (Frontal View) “Rainbow Division #2” Frontal View 42” x 130” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas 

Rainbow Division #2 (Right View) “Rainbow Division #2” Right View 42” x 130” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas 

Rainbow Division #2 E

Rainbow Division #2 (Left View)

Rainbow Division #2 (Frontal View)

Rainbow Division #2 (Right View)


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Rainbow Division #3 A “Rainbow Division #3” Section A 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvass

Rainbow Division #3 B “Rainbow Division #3” Section B 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #3 C “Rainbow Division #3” Section C 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #3 D “Rainbow Division #3” Section D 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #3 A

Rainbow Division #3 B

Rainbow Division #3 C

Rainbow Division #3 D


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Rainbow Division #3 E “Rainbow Division #3” Section E 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #3 (Left View) “Rainbow Division #3” Left View 42” x 130” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #3 (Frontal View) “Rainbow Division #3” Frontal View 42” x 130” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #2 (Right View) “Rainbow Division #3” Right View 42” x 130” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #3 E

Rainbow Division #3 (Left View)

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Rainbow Division #3 (Right View)


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Rainbow Division #4 A “Rainbow Division #4” Section A 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #4 B “Rainbow Division #4” Section B 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #4 C “Rainbow Division #4” Section C 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #4 D “Rainbow Division #4” Section D 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #4 A

Rainbow Division #4 B

Rainbow Division #4 C

Rainbow Division #4 A


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Rainbow Division #4 E “Rainbow Division #4” Section E 42” x 24” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #4 (Left View) “Rainbow Division #4” Left View 42” x 130” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #4 (Frontal View) “Rainbow Division #4” Frontal View 42” x 130” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #4 (Right View) “Rainbow Division #4” Right View 42” x 130” 1972 Acrylic & Fluorescent Paint on Canvas

Rainbow Division #4 E

Rainbow Division #4 (Left View)

Rainbow Division #4 (Frontal View)

Rainbow Division #4 (Right View)

 

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