"The Course of the Empire"
Painting | 63x65 in
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10 artworks by Louis Pirro (Selection)
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Grounded in both old and new traditions, I first trained in Connecticut as an Illustrator, Graphic Designer,[...]
Grounded in both old and new traditions, I first trained in Connecticut as an Illustrator, Graphic Designer, and Muralist before heading west to pursue a M.F.A. at Idaho State University in 1987. There, I learned to allow myself the freedom to chase my own vision and let the elements of my past collide with creative results...
I have always responded to the technique, history, finish, and the almost surreal mood and lighting of old painting. I have also been influenced by the fresh approach of Modern Art, as well as the skill of many Illustrators. "Pan Imagery" grew from the use of painting as a way to reconcile my various interests and experiences as an artist to a contemporary context. Luck was also a factor, as it was the "happy accident" of some artwork falling to the floor that launched this series- which also strives for subtlety, precision, and a "pre-fab" appearance.
With Pan Imagery I'm playing with images, references, and techniques that are derived from many genres, to create interesting combinations of elements, open interpretations, poetic effects, or personal meaning. My source material for this work is often Art History, the media, memory, or just a spontaneous interaction with paint... I merely enjoy creating art to free-associate with.
I have always responded to the technique, history, finish, and the almost surreal mood and lighting of old painting. I have also been influenced by the fresh approach of Modern Art, as well as the skill of many Illustrators. "Pan Imagery" grew from the use of painting as a way to reconcile my various interests and experiences as an artist to a contemporary context. Luck was also a factor, as it was the "happy accident" of some artwork falling to the floor that launched this series- which also strives for subtlety, precision, and a "pre-fab" appearance.
With Pan Imagery I'm playing with images, references, and techniques that are derived from many genres, to create interesting combinations of elements, open interpretations, poetic effects, or personal meaning. My source material for this work is often Art History, the media, memory, or just a spontaneous interaction with paint... I merely enjoy creating art to free-associate with.
"Zeitgeist"
Painting | 50x55 in
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"(after Rubens)"
Oil | 14x11 in
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"Past Pursuits"
Painting | 24x44 in
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"Baroque Shroud"
Oil | 52x53 in
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"Cairns Alone"
Oil | 5x7 in
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"Christ Beaten"
Oil | 9x4 in
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"The Grand Canal"
Painting | 4x5 in
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"Before Rapport"
Painting | 25x60 in
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"Bible Battles"
Painting | 60x72 in
Not For Sale
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Biography
I let Nature paint my pictures, and Culture interpret them... Art can be both an inkblot and a mirror.
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Nationality:
UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : 1900
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary American Artists
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Added May 7, 2009
Artist Statement
This may be too confessional (?), but there are times when all the universe feels alive, and radiant, and connected, & it’s as if you’re looking out at the world and seeing nothing but innards. Then there are those other times… when you feel like an outsider right in the middle of it all. Or trapped in an eerily empty universe. Somehow my work is born from, and shaped by, the struggle of dealing with these two seemingly contradictory experiences. As well as the impulse to fill up space with something to make sense of it all.
Added May 7, 2009
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2015
"Patterns in the Void: Lou Pirro - New Paintings",
Oboler Library, ISU, Pocatello, ID.
2014
"Patterns in the Void", Gates Gallery, Pocatello, ID.
"Lou Pirro: patterns in the void", Museum of Clean, Pocatello, ID.
2012
"KitschWerk - Lou Pirro", Ifft Gallery-Westside Players, Pocatello, ID.
2011
"Lou Pirro - Works on Paper", Portneuf Valley Brewery, Pocatello, ID.
2010
"Fantastic Then: Lou Pirro - '80s Art", Flipside Lounge, Pocatello, ID.
2009
"Jenny E. Balise and Louis Pirro", Willard Art Center, Idaho Falls, ID.
"Figures & Portraits", New Dawn Gallery, Pocatello, ID.
2008
"The Artful Beauty of Science", Rotunda Gallery, COCC, Bend, OR.
"Autumn Invitational Exhibit", New Dawn Gallery, Pocatello, ID.
2007
“Louis Pirro - Twilight Idioms”, Piccolo Gallery, Pocatello, ID.
“Passage & Procession: Artworks by Ryan Babcock and Louis Pirro”, Cordillera Gallery, Pocatello, ID.
“East Idaho Landscapes” (group show), New Dawn Gallery, Pocatello, ID.
2006
"Nocturne & Twilight - Small Pictures - Louis Pirro", Mind's Eye Gallery, Pocatello, ID.
2005
"Heart _Home", Art Exhibition & Habitat For Humanity fund raiser, ISU, Pocatello, ID.
Works On Display, Sage Brush Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT.
Reviews and comments
Hi Louis, Your "The Radiator" painting is beautiful. Sincerely, Linda Pirro Savard
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