Lew Allen Galleries artist of the week: "indefinite realm" of the natural world, Ron Kingswood has established himself as a refreshing iconoclast in wildlife art!

Ron Kingswood, Ushering in the Evening, 2021, oil on canvas, 50 x 57.75 in FEATURE OF THE WEEK Having spent over forty years studying what he refers to as the "indefinite realm" of the natural world, Ron Kingswood has established himself as a refreshing iconoclast in wildlife art. He is a painter who famously unlearned the rules of traditional illustration to seek something loftier—an intangible potency that lies in experiencing nature rather than merely observing it. To Kingswood, a canvas is not a window to look through, but a meditative space where gestural brushwork and asymmetrical design "rummage for the spiritual" within the essence of the wild.   Ushering in the Evening is a painting that reveals itself in layers, rewarding a slow and meditative gaze. To stand before it is to enter a rare, quiet pocket of time—the experience of happening upon a herd of deer at the threshold where a field meets the forest.  This is a painting of true grace and evokes what ancients saw as symbols of gentle and kind connection to beauty and the spiritual world.

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There is a profound sense of mutual awareness here; the viewer watches the herd while they, in turn, keep a rhythmic, watchful eye on their surroundings. Kingswood captures the precise moment the day begins to retreat, using a low, bruised light to set the tops of the trees aglow in a final, golden pulse before dusk. By leaving the vast majority of the terrain outside the frame, Kingswood situates the observer directly within the spirit of the landscape, creating an intimate glimpse into a noble, unfettered moment of being in nature.   Born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Ron Kingswood holds a degree in Bird Ecology and Ornithology, a scientific background that informs the deep naturalism of his work. His practice is characterized by a "Zen-like" minimalism, often compared to the architectural arrangements of Mondrian or the evocative "Theory of Omission" used by Hemingway. By stripping away the literal, Kingswood invites the viewer to look more closely at the fragile beauty of the declining biodiversity.

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