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Cole Case

Look Around You, You're Surrounded, It Won't Get Any Better

Digital and Analog Works on Paper (and Other Goodies)

July 1 - August 31, 2024

"This collection of work consists of both analog and digital still life and landscape paintings that have not been shown before. The title is a lyric from an LCD Soundsystem song, and can be read in different ways. Natural beauty is all around us, its beauty is omnipresent and we should delight in its power - or we need to acknowledge that right now this is where we are at, overwhelmed by a glut of online and AI images and must adapt and try to embrace change, however difficult.

Several years ago, it became clear to me that my collegiate fine art students were moving away from Photoshop as their primary digital app for art and design assignments due to Adobe's onerous subscription rates. More and more of them were buying iPads and using the Procreate app instead, which costs only $9 and is very similar to Photoshop. I bought an iPad myself and taught myself how to use it so I could maintain my teaching effectiveness. Serendipity and surprise! It turned out to be such a great painting tool that in addition to helping with my teaching it has mostly overtaken my previous traditional plein air analog painting using acrylic gouache. I also now use it extensively in the process of creating my oil paintings as well. One of the oil paintings in this show actually was originally a digital painting. As you are aware, David Hockney boldly pioneered the use of the iPad years ago and has created some wonderful work. He uses the Brushes Redux app, which is a little more limited than what one can achieve with Procreate and Photoshop.

The ease of making these observational plein air paintings without having to transport cumbersome and messy painting materials to the site and back has been quite liberating. All I need is the iPad and I am good to go. Sometimes the final paintings need additional finessing with Photoshop, which is still the superior and more sophisticated digital painting app.

Making plein air drawings and paintings using an iPad and Procreate in conjunction with Photoshop and traditional observational pen and ink drawing has changed my overall painting process significantly in the past several years. This exhibit showcases the latest digital work along with acrylic gouache paintings that were made during the pandemic."

- Cole Case

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Lacy Park 5.22.24, 2024

Procreate painting (Giclee print on Rives BFK paper printed by Thomas Editions), 20" x 30", Edition of 10, $600 (includes shipping)
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Lacy Park 5.28.24, 2024

Procreate painting (Giclee print on Rives BFK paper printed by Thomas Editions), 20" x 20", Edition of 10, $600 (includes shipping)

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Assisi Pond Huntington Gardens, 2024

Procreate painting (Giclee print on Rives BFK paper printed by Thomas Editions), 40" x 20", Edition of 10, $600 (includes shipping)

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Lemons, Christmas Day 2020, 2020

Ink and acrylic gouache on paper, 16" x 12", $800 (includes shipping)

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Descanso Gardens, 2024

Procreate painting (Giclee print on Rives BFK paper printed by Thomas Editions), 30" x 20", Edition of 10, $600 (includes shipping)

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Palm Trees In Front Of Resnick Pavilion LACMA, 2024

Procreate painting (Giclee print on Rives BFK paper printed by Thomas Editions), 20" x 30", Edition of 10, $600 (includes shipping)

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Mom's Souvenir, New Delhi 1948, 2021

Acrylic gouache on paper, 7.5' x 10.5". $800 (includes shipping)

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Hummingbird and Feeder, Pitcher and Brush 2.5.21, 2021

Ink and acrylic gouache on paper, 11" x 16", $800 (includes shipping)

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Still Life With Maglite, Taser and Pepper Spray 5.1.21, 2021

Acrylic gouache on watercolor paper, 12" x 16", $800 (includes shipping)

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Flowers On The Railing, 2023

oil on panel, 20" x 20", $3,000 (includes shipping)

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Getty Museum Courtyard East Pavilion With Coffee Cart and Seagull, 2023

Photoshop painting (Giclee print on Rives BFK paper printed by Thomas Editions), 30" x 20", Edition of 10, $600 (includes shipping)

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Lavender With Hummingbird and 737, 9.20, 2020

Ink and acrylic gouache on paper, 16" x 12", $800 (includes shipping)

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June Bug, Hummingbird and Forget-Me-Nots, 2020

Acrylic gouache on paper, 12" x 11", SOLD

Still Life: Bottle, Cup, Glass, Mug, 2021

Acrylic gouache on paper, 11" x 16", $800 (includes shipping)

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Mom's Snacks 2.21, 2021

Acrylic gouache on paper, 11" x 13", $800 (includes shipping)

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Pink Rose 4.27.21, 2021

Acrylic gouache on paper, 16" x 12", $800 (includes shipping)

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4th Of July 2023, 2023

Procreate painting (Giclee print on Rives BFK paper printed by Thomas Editions), 30" x 20", Edition of 10, $600 (includes shipping)

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Lemon Tree and Monarch Butterfly 4.3.21, 2021

Ink, graphite and acrylic gouache on paper, 10" x 8", $800 (includes shipping)

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Potted Plants 7.2020, 2020
Ink and acrylic gouache on paper, 16.5" x 11", $800 (includes shipping)

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Summer Solstice 2023 With Monarch Butterfly and Mockingbird Chick, 2023
Procreate painting (Giclee print on Rives BFK paper printed by Thomas Editions), 20" x 20", Edition of 10, $600 (includes shipping)

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