Edward Lentsch "Synectic Connections" December 6 ~ January 19, 2008 |
Eleonore Austerer Gallery Two Decades of Excellence 1988-2008 |
EL5 “First Word” 2005 mixed media on canvas, 88 x 66 inches
EL1 “Grizzled Skipper” 2006 mixed media on canvas, 44 x 40 inches
EL2 “Kafkania Pebble” 2007 mixed media on canvas 38 x 46 inches
EL4 “Angelwing” 2006 mixed media on canvas, 60 x 50 inches
EL8 “Mercury for Making Fire” 2007 mixed media on canvas, 50 x 40 inches
EL9 “The Evolutionist” 2007 mixed media on canvas, 37 x 30 inches
EL12 “Shallow Tail” 2006 mixed media on canvas, 60 x 80 inches
EL13 “Matchsticks” 2006 mixed media on canvas, 42 x 64 inches
EL15 “The Philosopher’s Stone” 2006 mixed media on canvas 80 x 60 inches
EL18 “Third Lesson of the First” 2007 mixed media on canvas, 80 x 60 inches |
A well respected and established mid-career artist, Edward Lentsch creates textured paintings with unique surfaces that reflect elements of both alchemy and spiritual introspection. The spiritual overtones of Edward’s paintings are captured by his titles, which use mystical imagery and esoteric subjects to inspire the imagination of the viewer. Lentsch strives for what he refers to as a “dialog that redefines synectic reasoning…” (a concept first coined by 20th Century visionary inventor Buckminster Fuller). Synectics is a problem-solving approach that stimulates thought processes of which the subject is generally unaware. “Trusting things that are alien, and alienating things that are trusted.”
EL3 “Kalliste” 2006 mixed media on canvas, 18 ½ x 18 ½ inches
In Lentsch’s work, paintings are often paired with titles that attempt to explain this idea of synectic reason by connecting a vast matrix of complex relationships between science and mysticism, metaphysical and spiritual. “My paintings are derived from a source of contemplation and fascination with the wonders of an awesome logic that exists in nature,” the artist explains in one of his many essays on the subject. Edward Lentsch is an artist, author, architectural builder, designer, inventor, and entrepreneur. He is also the founder of Artist’s League Studios, a Minneapolis based think-tank/studio for emerging artists. His works can be found in corporate and private collections world wide including Japan, Israel, Belgium, France, British Columbia, Canada and Spain, as well as extensively throughout the United States.
EL14 “Greek Fire” 2007 mixed media on canvas, 50 x 80 inches
EL6 “Serendipitously” 2006 mixed media on canvas, 18 ½ x 18 ½ inches
EL7 “Kundalini Experience” 2007 mixed media on canvas, 88 x 66 inches
EL10 “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” 2006, mixed media on canvas 34 x 25 inches
EL11 “Royal-Saturnia” 2007 mixed media on canvas 88 x 66 inches
EL16 “Arviragus” 2006 mixed media on canvas, 60 x 50 inches
EL17 “Gratitude” 2007 mixed media on canvas 37 x 30 inches
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