Approaching Storm

Artist Bruce S. Lowney 1937 Los Angeles, California - 2019 Albuquerque, New Mexico

Date1981

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions48 x 72 in. (121.9 x 182.9 cm)

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, 1981 General Obligation Bonds

Object numberPC1983.91.2

DescriptionStylized clouds appear in the sky on the left half of the image above a landscape of stylized trees with hills in the background.

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Bruce Lowney

born 1937 Los Angeles, California - 2019 Albuquerque

Approaching Storm

1981

oil on canvas

museum purchase, 1981 General Obligation Bonds

PC1983.91.2

Bruce Lowney painted elegant, dream-like, southwestern landscapes with incredible precision, emphasizing evocative illusions of deep space. While Lowney is being playful with the genre, the title Approaching Storm indicates metaphoric content layered just below the surface. Does such a foreboding refer to a personal, family, political, or religious crisis? This sense of quiet tension pervades Lowney’s oeuvre.

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Tormenta en ciernes

1981

óleo sobre lienzo

adquisición del museo, bonos de obligación general 1981

PC1983.91.2

Bruce Lowney pintó con increíble precisión paisajes del sudoeste elegantes, que parecen imaginados, en los que acentúa fantasías evocadoras de un espacio profundo. A Lowney le gustaba divertirse con el género y este título Approaching Storm hace alusión al contenido metafórico que se estratifica bajo la superficie. ¿Se refiere este presagio a alguna crisis personal, familiar, política o religiosa? Esta sensación de tensión sosegada impregna la obra de Lowney.

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