I was in my studio at Soka University pondering an image for my friend Arch Asawa’s upcoming birthday. A blank piece of paper stared back at me, a universe of white. My hand and a small amount of black Conté pencil transformed the whiteness into a snow-covered Illinois landscape. Months later, confined to home by the Covid pandemic, an idea took over my mind as I searched. A stock photo of Kansas in winter suggested a landscape of haphazard yet organized geometry. That image became the inspiration for the “Heartland/Winter” suite. Borrowing from a concept used in many works by my decades long friend, Richard Artschwager, I broke the vertical image into eight sections by folding and refolding the image. These sections then became independent, yet not restricted, clauses in the images’ interpretation. They became linked, yet free. Months later, still under Covid restrictions, the suite was completed.

 


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1 - Arie Galles - Heartland-Winter I - 2020 - 15.24 x 19.27 (39m x 49Cm) - Conte Pencil on BFK

2 - Arie Galles - Heartland-Winter II - 2020 - 15.24 x 19.27 (39m x 49Cm) - Conte Pencil on BFK

3 - Arie Galles - Heartland-Winter III- 2020 - 15.24 x 19.27 (39m x 49Cm) - Conte Pencil on BFK

4 - Arie Galles - Heartland-Winter IV- 2020 - 15.24 x 19.27 (39m x 49Cm) - Conte Pencil on BFK

Heartland-Winter I I

Heartland-Winter II II

Heartland-Winter III

Heartland-Winter IV


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5 - Arie Galles - Heartland-Winter V- 2020 - 15.24 x 19.27 (39m x 49Cm) - Conte Pencil on BFK

6 - Arie Galles - Heartland-Winter VI - 2020 - 15.24 x 19.27 (39m x 49Cm) - Conte Pencil on BFK

7 - Arie Galles - Heartland-Winter VII - 2020 - 15.24 x 19.27 (39m x 49Cm) - Conte Pencil on BFK

8 - Arie Galles - Heartland-Winter VII - 2020 - 15.24 x 19.27 (39m x 49Cm) - Conte Pencil on BFK

Heartland-Winter V V

Heartland-Winter VI

Heartland-Winter VII

Heartland-Winter VIII


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Suite 1 S - Heartland-Winter - Complete Suite - 72 x 48 - 2020l

Suite 2 S - Heartland-Winter - Complete Suite - 16 x 160 - 2020

Suite 3 S - Heartland-Winter - Complete Suite - 32 x 80 - 2020

Arie Galles - Working on Heartland-Winter V - 11-17-2020

       
 

Heartland-Winter - Complete Suite

Heartland-Winter - Complete Suite

Heartland-Winter - Complete Suite

Arie Galles Working

 

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