In conversation at Think

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I think this might be on Youtube somewhere.

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Think Art- Photos from the exhibition

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Another little opening, quite nicely attended for a cool night.

Three landscapes

Landscapes from Santa Catarina

Curator Marcio Fontoura 

Catering by Euerc Artesenal

A band- Curva de Rio

With Miss V. Barros-Debden 

 Thanks to Marcio Fontoura and Adriana for helping set up, to Eureca Artesenal for catering and to Think Art for hosting.

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“Pinturas Recentes da Ilha de Santa Catarina” de Tadeusz Deręgowski by Marcio Fontoura- Curador (& translation)

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“Pinturas Recentes da Ilha de Santa Catarina”

de Tadeusz Deręgowski

Tadeusz Deręgowski é um artista nascido em 1969 em Lusaka, na Zâmbia, formado em belas artes na Escócia, que vive em Florianópolis há doze anos. Seu sotaque agradável e sua voz polida e discreta escondem um gigante pintor das formas minimalistas e um mago de cores, que utiliza estratégias muito bem estudadas no uso das formas. 

Suas obras, à primeira vista simples nos traços e aparentemente relapsas nas formas para os olhares desacostumados, escondem um estudioso dedicado, o conhecimento profundo de técnicas e cores, o desenvolvimento prático e teórico de um artista obsessivo, observador, resiliente e compenetrado.

Quando pousamos os olhos nas suas obras é difícil ficar apenas no primeiro olhar, há sempre mais camadas para descobrir, linhas para seguir e cores para decifrar. É um expert tanto na técnica utilizada quanto na observação da paisagem retratada, é muito interessante perceber em sua metodologia o planejamento de um jogo elaborado de esconde-e-mostra, que dá brilho aos opacos, subverte a luz incidente para mostrar o que está contido no fundo e à frente da forma retangular, fina e rígida do quadro, e, pelo seu traço leve, solto, desafiador da realidade, abre a imaginação do observador para seu leque referencial pessoal de lugares e situações.

Seu uso das cores ocres e pastéis parece tentar segurar na obra toda luz que quer sair, um esforço de sujeição inútil, mas planejado, que adensa ainda mais a percepção dos elementos retratados contidos em suas representações.

Convidamos a um passeio pelas obras do artista aqui expostas, nessa temática de paisagens ao ar livre, e temos certeza que o percurso do olhar será prazeroso e edificante.

Boa viagem!

Marcio Fontoura

Curador

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Sobre as obras:

Os quadros desta mostra foram pintados em sua maior parte do norte da Ilha de Santa Catarina - no Rio Vermelho, Santo Antônio, Ingleses e Praia Mole, e celebram a natureza. Há também uma pintura urbana do bairro Trindade e  pinturas da praia da Guarda do Embaú e Tijucas.

Todos foram pintados em ar livre, em óleo.

As pinturas marcam um aumento da escala em relação aos anos anteriores, como mostrou a Galeria BRDE em Florianópolis no ano passado. Elas também são mais brilhantes e mais coloridas, respondendo assim mais plenamente à luz forte do Brasil.

No entanto, as pinturas lidam com o mesmo assunto, o assunto necessário da pintura ao ar livre em uma época de fotografia fácil, notavelmente, a sensação de estar em um lugar específico em um momento específico, em contraste com detalhes topográficos ou botânicos. Eles estão conectados a artistas como Eardley e Bonnard.

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"Recent Paintings of the Island of Santa Catarina"

by Tadeusz Deręgowski

Tadeusz Deręgowski is an artist born in 1969 in Lusaka, Zambia, trained in fine arts in Scotland, who has lived in Florianopolis for twelve years. His pleasing accent and polite, discreet voice conceal a giant painter from minimalist forms and a wizard with colors, who uses well-studied strategies in the use of forms.

His works, at first sight simple in strokes and seemingly relapsing into forms for unaccustomed gazes, hide a dedicated scholar with a deep knowledge of techniques and colors, and the practical and theoretical development of an obsessive, observant, resilient and competent artist.

When we first see his works it is difficult to take in everything at first - there are always more layers to discover, lines to follow and colors to decipher. He is an expert both in technique used and in observation of the landscape portrayed. It is very interesting to sense in his methods an elaborate game of hide and seek, which gives brightness to the opaque, subverts incidental light to show what is contained in the background and at the fore of the rectangular, thin and rigid shape of the painting. With his light, loose touch he challenges reality and opens the observer's imagination to his personal reference range of places and situations.

His use of ochre and pastel colors seems to try to hold within work all the light wants to leave, a futile, but planned effort to control which further heightens the perception of the portrayed elements contained in his representations.

We invite you to take a stroll through the works of the artist exhibited here, in this theme of outdoor landscapes. We are sure that you will find this pleasurable and uplifting.

Have a good trip!

Marcio Fontoura - Curator

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About the works:

The paintings of this show were painted mostly in the north of the Island of Santa Catarina - in Rio Vermelho, Santo Antônio, Ingleses and Praia Mole, and celebrate nature. There is also an urban painting of the neighborhood Trindade and paintings of the beach of Guarda do Embaú and Tijucas.

All were painted outdoors in oil.

The paintings mark an increase of the scale in relation to the previous years, as showed the BRDE Gallery in Florianópolis last year. They are also brighter and more colorful, thus responding more fully to the strong light of Brazil.

However, the paintings deal with the same subject matter, the necessary subject of outdoor painting in a time of easy photography, notably the feeling of being in a specific place at a specific time in contrast to topographical or botanical details. They are connected to artists like Eardley and Bonnard.

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A final framed picture for Think Art; framing tips

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Ingleses, sea, late afternoon, oil on card, 13.5 x 11.5 cm  framed

This one is from 2016 and is the final piece in the forthcoming show to be framed.

 The show will feature seven pictures which haven`t been shown before and eight which were shown previously. 

The framing here seems about right- simple and not too heavy. 

With small pictures the effect of framing is greater than on larger pictures. I have sometimes erred on the side of excessively heavy framing. Using dark framing can worsen this effect. There are paintings which it seems can never be framed perfectly. 

Glazing is also problematic. It`s surprising how much dust there is in even the cleanest house and the paints pick up dust quite readily. But glazing does mean you lose some immediacy when viewing the picture and reflections can also be a problem. There is non-reflective glass but this is textured and slightly opaque and I don`t recommend it.

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There is something of Albert Ryder in this textured picture.

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One more picture for Think Art- Guarda do Embaú,

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Guarda do Embaú, a view, oil on card,  17 x 18.5 cm   Framed   SOLD

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Another framed picture for Think Art Exhibition

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Praia Moçambique, tall trees   Framed   SOLD

 oil on card, 23.5 x 30 cm 

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Two framed pictures for Think Art Tattoo Gallery Exhibition

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 A view from a grove, Santo Antonio
 oil on card, 17.3 x 14.7 cm, framed SOLD

Santo Antonio da Lisboa, a view through trees  framed  SOLD

 oil on card, 20.4 x 18.3 cm

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Exhibition, Think Art Tattoo Gallery,

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This is going up in a few days- 14 pictures, many new and larger as well as some older ones.

 All are from Santa Catarina.

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Three framed pictures for Think Art

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 Rio Vermelho, oil on card, 21.5 x 24 cm framed

  Muquen, oil on card, 25 x 29.7 cm famed

Just off BR 401: looking towards the sea, oil on card, 30 x 25 cm framed

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Release for a little exhibition in June in Lagao at Think Art Tattoo Gallery

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Rio Vermelho, oil on card, 21.5 x 24 cm SOLD

  Muquen, oil on card, 25 x 29.7 cm

Ingleses, Novembro 2018, oil on card, 21 x 24.5 cm

Above, three of the nine or so pictures that I`ll show.

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Recent Paintings from the Island of Santa Catarina, Exhibition June 2019- Release

Tadeusz Deręgowski is an artist from Scotland. He has lived in Florianopolis for the last twelve years. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art twenty five years ago and travels and paints in Latin America, Europe and North Africa. He has exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh and the Royal Academy Summer show in London.

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These pictures were mostly painted on the north of the Island of Santa Catarina - in Rio Vermelho, Santo Antonio, Ingleses, and Praia Mole and celebrate nature. But there is also an urban painting from Trindade and there are paintings from Guarda da Embaú and Tijucas.

All are plein air, in oils.

The paintings mark an increase in scale from the previous years work as shown at BRDE Gallery in Florianoplis last year. They are also brighter and more colourful, thus responding more fully to Brazil`s strong light.

However, they deal with the same subject- the necessary subject of plein air painting in an age of easy photography- notably, the feeling of being are in a specific place at a specific time, as opposed to rendering very specific topographical or botanical details. They are stylisitically connected to such artists as Eardley and Bonnard.

T. Deręgowski, Florianopolis, May, 2019

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