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Gallery Bergelli

October 20 - November 22, 2012

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483 Magnolia Avenue Larkspur, CA 94939
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A Moment in Flight Greg Ragland, Female Broadtail in Green
Opening Saturday, October 20th, 4-6pm with Artist Talk at 5pm - Greg Ragland: "A Moment in Flight" - exhibition runs thru November 21. Gallery Bergelli is pleased to present "A Moment in Flight", an exhibition of new paintings by Greg Ragland. Opening on October 20, with the Gallery Reception on from 4pm-6pm, and the Artist Talk at 5pm, the exhibition continues through November 21, 2012. Greg Ragland's paintings have a sense of playful serenity about them. His colors and compositions flow together to create depth and movement of which his subject, the hummingbirds, are able to take flight within his work. "Composition and color are key. I want to control, I want to predict the gaze of the viewer, where they enter and exit the painting. Compositionally, the birds give the paintings the freedom not to be grounded," Ragland remarks. Hummingbirds are a garden favorite; their aerial acrobatics are always a pleasure to watch. Ragland is able to capture these tiny birds rapid movement on his canvases, showing us a moment in time of their fast paced lives. The artist refers to the calming and bright backgrounds of his paintings as "Color Fields," in which these small energetic birds play. "My intent as the artist is for the viewer to get lost in the calming beauty of these spontaneous experiences in the nature within the seductive "Color Fields." Greg was born in Augusta, Georgia and grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He studied architecture at Arizona State university, received his BFA from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and his MFA from the University of Utah. Prior to settling in Park City, Utah in 1990, Greg worked as an artist in Los Angeles and New York City.
A Moment in Flight Greg Ragland, Two Quaill in White and Colors
A Moment in Flight Greg Ragland, Two Hummingbirds in Red and Yellow
A Moment in Flight Greg Ragland, Annas Hummingbird in Cream Orange Purple
A Moment in Flight Greg Ragland, Male Broadtails in Colors and Grey
A Moment in Flight Greg Ragland, Male Rufous Red and Purple
A Moment in Flight Greg Ragland, Red with Two Broadtails
A Moment in Flight Greg Ragland, A Pair of Broadtails in Earthtones
A Moment in Flight Greg Ragland, Rufous on Cream with Red and Blue