Magic Surrealist Artworks by Ralph Levesque

In the Meeting Room of the
Mitchell Branch New Haven Free Public Library
37 Harrison Street, WESTVILLE, CT 06515

Curated by Johnes Ruta

Meet the Artist Reception: Saturday August 24, 2024, 2:00 - 4:00 pm

Art Review in the NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT by Brian Slattery:
https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/mitchell_library_show_aug_2024

Ralph Levesque PEYOTE DREAM acrylic on canvas, 11" x 14"

Ralph Levesque is an artist, art teacher and the former gallerist of Equilibrium Gallery. He has a BFA and Masters Degree
in Art Education, from the University of Bridgeport, and a teaching certificate from Southern CT State University.

Artist Statement ~ Ralph Levesque

"I am a romantic visual poet, aware that all designs and symbols are inspired by the Natural. Therefore, I am not concerned with
producing copied images. I seek to find beauty within the concrete, behind the material level. Instinctively and unconsciously,
I seek the essence of "Universal Beauty," the intrinsic force of all.The reality of matter is always moving, changing, evolving
and becoming anew.

"I work basically with acrylics and mixed media -- sometimes incorporating collage elements -- some recycled from earlier
works or from scraps left over from experiments with various materials and methods of painting. I use airbrush as well
as paint brushes and knives, and other instruments.

"At times faces appear visibly in my works and sometimes appear hidden.
A viewer should stop - look- and "read" over these pieces. -- Sometimes surprises appear!"

~ Ralph Levesque

http://ralphlevesqueart.com/

Ralph Levesque ON THE LAST EVE acrylic on canvas, 21" x 21"

Curator: Johnes Ruta, AzothGallery.com 203-668-6933 azothgallery@comcast.net

Library Branch Manager: Marian Huggins mhuggins@nhfpl.org