 David Kessler [American, b.1950]
is an extraordinary painter who has created a unique art form that holds a viewers
attention by accentuating the paradox of the flat painted surface with the visual
illusion of depth and space. Using a perfected technique in the photo-realist
tradition developed over the past twenty-five years, the artist has created a series
of spectacular waterscape paintings that incorporate realistic imagery painted over
a surface of abraded and polished aluminum. This combination of hybrid elements
forces the viewer to shift their perception to accommodate the incongruity of light
being reflected from the metal surface, while at the same time being absorbed by
the painted areas. This reinforces the strange visual perplexity of the paintings
that are at the same time realistic and holographic.
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