Philip Govedare’s oil paintings are a captivating blend of imagination and reality, presenting aerial views of landscapes that are at once familiar and otherworldly. His works are not mere representations of specific places but are instead inspired by a combination of memory, observation, and creativity, resulting in evocative scenes that challenge viewers to contemplate the intricate relationship between natural and man-made environments.
Govedare, also a dedicated educator at the University of Washington, uses his art to pose questions about humanity’s impact on the Earth while simultaneously celebrating the inherent beauty and mystery of the natural world. His upcoming exhibition in June 2024 at Seattle’s Winston Wätcher Fine Art promises to be a thought-provoking showcase of these stunning fictional landscapes.
My current landscape paintings are derived from sites that are both visually compelling and charged with implications of use, development and ownership. The conditions of the landscape including light, color, texture and atmosphere give meaning to place. (…) My work is both a response to and an interpretation of the world, but it also imparts sentiment through projection that comes from a perspective of anxiety about the condition of landscape and nature in our world today. I endeavor to create a fictional response to an observed phenomenon, a metaphor that is infused with a blend of celebration, apprehension and doubt about our place in the natural world. In this manner, this work may allude to the past and simultaneously project into the future.
Philip Govedare
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