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Aleah Koury
Aleah Koury comes from a diverse artistic background, with a
Bachelor Degree in ceramics, and a Masters in Printmaking. This
has encouraged him to be bold in experimenting with new
materials and imagery. At various times he has incorporated
collage printing, found materials and a variety of different types of
paint media in his work.
A gifted colorist, over the past decade Koury has increasingly
been drawn to pastel as the purest expression of the colorist art.
By the late 1980's Koury had gained a national reputation with a
series of abstracted landscapes called ""Skyscapes"". In these
works the gesture of the artist and the full brilliance of color are
revealed in the unclouded intensity of the raw, pastel pigment.
More recently, Koury has further stretched the expressive
possibilities of pastel by combining it with enamel and latex paints,
gold, bronze and silver leafing, oil, pastel and pencil to create
works of spectacular richness and texture. The ""Gardens"" and
""Floral Still Life"" series draw inspiration from the 19th century
French master Odilon Redon as well as Kourys' own California
garden, in particular the exotic orchids which he cultivates.
Koury has also continued to work in a completely abstract idiom
and his latest series of abstract works: ""Organic Geometry"" and
""Way of Things"" mark a new and typically bold departure from his
earlier work.
In all these works it is the uninhibited sensuality of color that is
the true subject, whether found in the beauty of the natural
world or the poetry of he imagination.
Aleah Koury was born in Bellingham, Washington and spent his
early childhood in California, before moving to the Midwest. In
1975 he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of
Missouri at Columbia and in 1980 a Masters from the University of
Southern Illinois at Edwardsville. Since that time Koury has lived in
and around the San Francisco Bay area.
Bachelor Degree in ceramics, and a Masters in Printmaking. This
has encouraged him to be bold in experimenting with new
materials and imagery. At various times he has incorporated
collage printing, found materials and a variety of different types of
paint media in his work.
A gifted colorist, over the past decade Koury has increasingly
been drawn to pastel as the purest expression of the colorist art.
By the late 1980's Koury had gained a national reputation with a
series of abstracted landscapes called ""Skyscapes"". In these
works the gesture of the artist and the full brilliance of color are
revealed in the unclouded intensity of the raw, pastel pigment.
More recently, Koury has further stretched the expressive
possibilities of pastel by combining it with enamel and latex paints,
gold, bronze and silver leafing, oil, pastel and pencil to create
works of spectacular richness and texture. The ""Gardens"" and
""Floral Still Life"" series draw inspiration from the 19th century
French master Odilon Redon as well as Kourys' own California
garden, in particular the exotic orchids which he cultivates.
Koury has also continued to work in a completely abstract idiom
and his latest series of abstract works: ""Organic Geometry"" and
""Way of Things"" mark a new and typically bold departure from his
earlier work.
In all these works it is the uninhibited sensuality of color that is
the true subject, whether found in the beauty of the natural
world or the poetry of he imagination.
Aleah Koury was born in Bellingham, Washington and spent his
early childhood in California, before moving to the Midwest. In
1975 he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of
Missouri at Columbia and in 1980 a Masters from the University of
Southern Illinois at Edwardsville. Since that time Koury has lived in
and around the San Francisco Bay area.
Click on the images to the right to see the enlarged versions of
Aleah Koury's art work.
Aleah Koury's art work.
| OH HAPPY DAYS I |
GARDENS LONG
| OH HAPPY DAYS II |
| HAPPY DAYS |
| FLOWERS IN VASE |
| GARDEN SMALL |
