ARTIST STATEMENT
In my luminous oil paintings, color is both structure and sensation, an emotional architecture that holds space for lush chromatic interplay. As hues unfold across the canvas, a quiet metaphysical current emerges, evoking a surreal, almost sacred atmosphere. What begins as a study in color relationships opens into a portal of serenity and otherworldliness, where the constructed meets the transcendent. A painter of feeling and form, he invites you into a world where color isn’t just seen, it’s felt.
BIOGRAPHY
Rowe enrolled in drawing and painting classes in Washington, D.C. before moving to New York in 1989 where he studied life drawing at the National Academy of Design and figure painting at Brooklyn College. Since early 2024, he has benefited from joining The Crit Lab, a community of professional artists where critiques by Patricia Miranda, Director, and fellow artists are descriptive rather than prescriptive within a supportive environment .
Professional Development: 1) The Crit Lab, Patricia Miranda, founder; 2) Art Lives Here, Connie Lee, founder; 3) the Pelham Art Center Artist Collective; and 4) ArtsWestchester.
He lives and paints in Port Chester, New York.
Group Shows:
Hudson Valley MOCA, Crit Ecologies: Artists, Community, Criticality, Patricia Miranda, curator, Peekskill, NY, 2024
Katonah Museum Artists’ Assn - An Inference of Wildness, Patricia Mirande, Curator - Katonah, NY, 2024
Art Lives Here Brownstone Gallery - Gifted Salon, Connie Lee, Curator - Harlem, 2024
Mapspace - The Future Belongs to the Loving - Patricia Miranda, Curator - Port Chester, NY, 2025
Pelham Art Center - Artist Collective Exhibition, Pelham, NY, 2025