DON FELS
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Though I’ve exhibited paintings worldwide for 50 years, working in Southern Italy over the past decade, I’ve been playing with ancient materials in ways new and very intriguing to me. I apply my mixtures of pigmented aged lime plaster and linseed oil in many thin layers to poplar substrates. The works are intended as luminous meditative objects. Thanks to its microcellular structure, plaster captures and radiates light uniquely and splendidly, offering up enticing colorings that change subtly throughout the day. Each of these paintings has come together slowly, rewarding repeated viewings. They are made to live with and discover over time.