About Reds
Throughout history, art has been inextricably linked with pain. To Reds, life is about his relationship with pain, which defines his art. At age 16, Reds suffered debilitating injuries from a car accident. His life was catapulted on a new course as he channeled his pain from his injuries into new forms of creativity and expression. His career as an artist was born. He hasn’t looked back or failed to savor life ever since.More recently, Reds has been diagnosed with macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in America. This eye disease generally strikes the elderly. At 35, Reds was confronted with the decline of his eyesight—a difficult prospect for anyone in their 30s, let alone a fine artist. Having macular degeneration makes every painting Reds creates more poignant and precious. As an artist, Reds views the world differently than others. As an artist with macular degeneration, his eyesight has become blurred and he can no longer see straight lines—they bulge and curve. His primitive contemporary paintings are as much a function of his imagination as they are his impaired vision.
The high energy motion of brush strokes in Reds’ work is a function of his ambidextrous ability. He paints with both hands at the same time. The reason he’s ambidextrous dates back to his fateful car accident: his thumb was cut off and sewn back on, forcing him to use his left hand. And since his arms span six feet across, he’s well suited to paint large canvases.
Reds enjoys a following of diverse, eclectic collectors. He entertains as well as enlightens his clients and friends with his innovative works which have been exhibited and sold in venues throughout the United States and Canada.
Reds has shown his work in galleries and shows in various locales including Key West, Florida, Fenwick Island, Delaware and Lake Tahoe, California. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin and grew up in Delaware. He studied architecture and fine art at colleges in Pennsylvania including the Art Institute of Philadelphia.
Reds’ architectural studies have influenced his artwork heavily. His original framing technique demonstrates his innovative approach to incorporating the frame into the artwork, bringing a three-dimensional component to the piece. Just as Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs ran the full gamut from a structure’s foundation to its furniture, Reds’ frames are married to the paintings they surround.
Reds believes a painting should be more than home décor. Furniture styles change, but the integrity of quality artwork should last forever. Reds’ hand-sculpted frames are the ultimate complement to his primitive contemporary paintings.
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