Rodger Schultz
IN SEARCH OF LIGHT
DC native Rodger Scultz is an achieved painter and sculptor whose work mesmerizes across a variety of themes, mediums, and styles. Schultz is preoccupied by the perceptive varieties achieved through different types of light, which he captures in portraits, landscapes, and abstract portrayals.
Rodger graduated from the University of Maryland in 1992 and went on to hold a sculpture apprenticeship under master Ed Beathitt in Arizon. Rodger’s works have been exhibited throughout the greater DC area and are held in private collections in the United States and throughout the globe.
THE ARTIST
The Works
Lady Frida. 48” x 48”. Mixed Media on Panel
‘FRIDA AS’ SERIES
“I am always in a state of discovery. I like to do what I don't now how to do, and I don't know how to do portraits. I don't ever want to know how to do portraits, and use the fertile soil of portraiture to play and test and mix styles at will. Because I will not bind myself to any style, for consistency, I bind myself to subjects. Frida is one of those subjects. Why Frida? Because she is beautiful.” - Schultz
Geisha Frida. 48” x 48”. Mixed Media on Panel
‘Mosaic Impressionism’ is Rodger Schultz’s word for the style of the ‘Grove’ series. The strokes are tiled together as it would be in a mosaic. As there is little to no layering. Careful consideration is given to each stroke as every stroke has the possibility of being the stroke that the viewer will see. These works take an extravagant amount of patience and a longer time to complete. Every stroke translates that sense, allowing the viewer to be in the midst of a tranquil masterpiece.
GROVE SERIES
White Grove on Peach. 48” x 48”. Mixed Media on Panel
Left: Second Snow on Tree. 48” x 48”. Mixed Media on Panel
Like the city he calls home, Rodger’s works re"ect in"uences ranging from Klimt to Andy Warhol to Japanese prints. Just as DC is a literal intersection of the globe, Rodger’s works seamlessly transgress boundaries of time, space, and medium in his search for beauty.
JAPANESE GARDEN SERIES
Japanese Garden No. 4. 36” x 36”. Mixed Media on Panel
Right: Japanese Garden No. 3. 36” x 36”. Mixed Media on Panel
THE IMPRESSIONIST SERIES
Rave on the Green. 48” x 48”. Mixed Media on Panel
Gold Sky on Park. 48” x 48”. Mixed Media on Panel
Curtiss Empire Plate 1. 36” x 36”. Mixed Media on Panel
Rodger’s skill manifests itself in his "exibility as an artist. The ability to work in so many mediums across a variety of subjects and themes without sacri#cing the
quality of the work is what makes Rodger unique.
Countryside. 50” x 40”. Acrylic on Panel
“When I mix a color, I place it everywhere it needs to be on the painting in rhythmic patterns that dance a line between depth and "atness.” - Schultz
Moonlight Graham. 48” x 48”. Mixed Media on Panel
Right: Egghead. 24” x 36”. Mixed Media on Panel
PORTRAIT SERIES
Mug- Martin Luther King. 48” x 48”. Mixed Media on Panel
Right: Lady - Grace. 12” x 16”. Mixed Media on Panel
Watch out for Rodger Schultz’s Solo Exhibition
in Washington D.C.
July 2014
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