NORMAN
LUNDIN
was born in Los Angeles in 1938. He grew up in Chicago and earned his B.A.
at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1961. Lundin attended the
University of Cincinnati where he received his M.F.A. in 1963, worked
briefly on the curatorial staff at the Cincinnati Art Museum, and then
traveled to Norway on a Fulbright Grant where he studied at the University
of Oslo. He returned to the United States in 1964 to teach at the
University of Washington. Lundin is a respected member of the West Coast
art community. He has shown at the Seders Gallery since 1967 and his work
is regularly included in solo and group exhibitions mounted by regional
museums. His Work has been represented by galleries in San Francisco, Los
Angeles, and New York and shows nationally in thematic and invitational
exhibitions.
For the
past forty years Norman Lundin has worked with the figure, still life, and
landscape. What has held his interest is light and how it defines and gives
character to objects and interior and exterior spaces. He is not concerned
with literal description but rather the behavior of light. In his earlier
work the imagery carried a heavy emotional load; however, over the years
Lundin has placed more emphasis on the formal structure of the work and
opted to use images with more neutral content. He has moved away from a
narrative treatment of the figure to spare studio interiors and still lifes
of wrapped packages and empty jars. In recent years he has also been
concentrating on landscapes. He observes that expression is essential to a
good painting but it is dependent on formal strength and clarity. For this
reason he has chosen to consciously focus on formal considerations and allow
expression to take care of itself. |
