Husband-and-wife artist team Aleksey and Olga Ivanov are bringing their visionary work to Howell Gallery in Oklahoma City with their new show, Blooming West,opening April 24. Each of their 13 unique egg tempera pieces are meant to spark conversations about the sacred beauty and exquisite isolation of the desert, and to explore the soul’s primal connection to the wild, to the untamed and the often underappreciated.
Longhorn Sunrise, egg tempera on panel, 21 x 48 in.
The show will celebrate the more iconic themes of the West—cattle, cowboys, towering clouds and vivid skies—but also those fleeting moments of grace often discovered by chance: a shadow cast across a cactus bloom; a young frontier girl facing her future, dreams in her eyes; a solitary prickly poppy framed against rolling hills.
Iris Rider, egg tempera on panel, 32 x 30 in.
It’s a very personal show for them. The Ivanovs have lived in the American West for decades and feel an especially deep connection to the desert. “Some people love it at once, and some people don’t. We’ve loved it from first sight,” says Olga. “If you’re driving along in the lonely desert and you see a car stopped by the side of the road, that’s us. We’re off in the distance, photographing everything beautiful before us, plants and creatures and landscapes that have existed for thousands of years, and are still blooming today.”
Desert Beauty, egg tempera on panel, 16 x 14 in.
They hope their work will resonate with others who love the West as they do, for its timeless enchantment, for its eloquent allure, brushed across the land and in their art. —Shana Abe
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Represented by: Howell Gallery
6432 N. Western Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73116 » www.howellgallery.com
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