“Seismic Light” New Paintings by Douglas C. Bloom

Artist Douglas C. Bloom introduced a new series of paintings at Ruth Bachofner Gallery in Santa Monica on Saturday, July 26, 2014. The warm California summer evening was the perfect backdrop for the opening night reception, as the oil-on-canvas paintings depict natural settings rich in color and texture.

In the paintings, idealized landscapes focus on the visual energy produced by light in a natural landscape, reflecting the brief seconds when seismic light appears in nature just before it shifts and is lost. “The energy of nature is visualized by using tangible light as it filters through the physical landscape.

“I am depicting events which are altered to further the connection between artist and environment,” explains the artist.

Bloom is a Los Angeles-based artist who resides in Pasadena and works from a studio in the downtown Arts District. His work has been included in group exhibitions by various curators from MOCA, LACMA, Hammer Museum, and the Pasadena Museum of California Art.