Ethan Cranke: New Landscape Paintings
On Display April 2016
Canessa Gallery, 708 Montgomery St. SF
Opening Reception Fri April 1, 5PM
7:30PM Concert w/
Doug Carroll and
David SamasEthan Cranke has dedicated the last 17 years of his life to painting full time, mostly outdoors, and that is clear to see in his dramatic displays of strong color and confident mark making which run throughout this body of work, on display at his first solo show in San Francisco, at Canessa Gallery (within the historic Canessa Printing Co. building). These rich moody landscapes evoke both the 19th century expressionists and the magnificent light of Sonoma County, where Ethan lives, paints, chops wood and tends to his elders.
“I am deeply honored to be showing here. To have my paintings hanging on the same walls that have been privy to the goings on of artists such as Diego Rivera, Benny Bufano, Frida Kahlo, and many others whom I would consider legendary, is beyond compare.”~Ethan Cranke
“People buy artwork because it speaks to their emotions, unless they are more shallow, and then because it's pretty, cool, or the colors coordinate with their interiors (ick).
What looking at Ethan's art tells me about him is the depth of spirit... and (his) confidence in his execution. The bold strokes, I think one has to love the subject to do that." ~Linda McKay (Collector, Co-owner of Juxtapoz Magazine)
Opening night, April 1,
Doug Carroll and
David Samas will play sets of improvised music inspired by the painted landscapes, incorporating Carroll on cello with original field recordings and Samas joined by Bryan Day re-creating live, natural soundscapes on invented instruments. By donation.
Doors for the First Friday Opening Reception and Concert at Canessa Gallery in North Beach open at 5:00pm; concert at 7:30.
A Closing reception will be held on Saturday, April 30. All events are free and open to the public.
Cost: FREE