Ari Glass Magical Forest - A Peek Inside

The collection named "Forest" created by American painter Ari Glass is a continuation to his previous collection "Mountains" in which the main motive was a panoramic view of mountains and forests. With his newest artwork pieces, Ari Glass approaches the mountain, choosing certain details that are later shown, using a completely different painting approach.

Each painting is created in three stages; after an acrylic sub-painting, artist Ari Glass uses oil that is brighter than the photographic template over the whole picture; and then comes the last - dark layer of oil, on which the artist draws and carries shapes by using tools of varying thickness, depending on the plans it shows. The experience that is painted varies depending on the painting distance. If we observe the image from close, we’ll see a multitude of expressive lines and points, an almost abstract surface engraved in thick coatings. But, moving away from the picture, it takes more realistic features.

For Ari Glass, the combination of colors is intuition. In his work, it is not possible to predict how the colors will coalesce with each other, as sometimes the most extreme shades will be in balance with his movements of a brush, and sometimes not. His painting process is intense. The balance of his physical integrity, the independence of the mind and the openness of the soul are needed.

The speed of the brush, and the shades Ari Glass uses create a painting. Every brush stroke on the canvas in every vortex created in combination with another or in relation to the surrounding space suggests another relationship or possibility. In painting, therefore, all the constituents are in relation to some other element. The main preoccupation is always light. The light caught in the picture is her soul, and the movements of my brush determine her personality.

Many artists claim that the best things happen by chance. In the work of Ari Glass, the best things happen when coincidence and pressure are combined. Then everything takes its place, and the decision making that follows is direct and self-confident.

As a painter, Ari Glass finds himself in constant questioning. Painting enables him to reach that level of living when his intensely conscious mind reaches unconscious calmness. There is a different world here, and hence his work is developing. Almost as if he was connected to an inexhaustible source of inspiration, as if he was traveling from chaos to dormancy. The constant possibility of transformation where the unknown becomes more explicit and more accessible fills him with excitement.