Les Biller
Installation view. 2015
Installation view. 2015
The Music Center. 1999-2003
Oil on linen, framed
60 7/8 x 72 7/8”
(LBi15 14)
Poppaea. 2005
Oil on canvas, framed
87 ½ x 132”
(LBi15 15)
Veterans Affairs. 2014
Oil on canvas, framed
48 ½ x 63”
(LBi15 16)
Homeland. 2015
Oil on canvas, framed
38 ½ x 74 ¾”
(LBi15 17)
Installation view. 2015
Installation view. 2015
Downtown From Chinatown. 2005
Oil on paper, framed
12 ¾ x 16 ¾”
(LBi15 18)
Radiant Disclosures. 1984
Acrylic, sumi ink on paper, mounted on foam core, framed
36 5/8 x 48 ¾”
(LBi15 19)
Honey In the Heart. 1984
Acrylic, sumi ink on paper, mounted on foam core, framed
36 ¾ x 48 ¾”
(LBi15 20)
Just a Moment. 2007
Oil, silver leaf on canvas, framed
89 ½ x 138”
(LBi15 21)
Grotto Swimmer. 2014
Oil on canvas, framed
29 x 29”
(LBi15 22)
Golden Mountain. 2005
Oil on canvas, framed
63 x 67”
(LBi15 23)
Moonlight Becomes You. 2010
Oil on canvas, framed
42 ½ x 63”
(LBi15 24)
Follies. 2014
Watercolor on paper, framed
16 ¾ x 12 ¾”
(LBi15 25)
Guilin: Lone Peak. 2000
Pastel on paper, framed
16 ¾ x 20 5/8”
(LBi15 26)
Guilin: Many Peaks. 2000
Pastel on paper, framed
16 ¾ x 20 ¾”
(LBi15 27)
Informed by the vibrant pacific sunlight in Los Angeles & Hawaii, and the intrigues of visiting China & living in Japan, Les Biller presents his 3rd exhibition of representational, landscape & abstract paintings with Rosamund Felsen Gallery.
Verbose in vigor and voluptuous in verve, these robust works brim over with activity & commotion. Portraiture, still life & landscape coalesce with cubist composition & Matissean sensuality while distinctive people, jocular animals, succulent foliage & lush objects are rendered in decadent interiors & extravagant exteriors. Some of these subjects are sourced from real life whereas others are authored from the imagination. Chimes of color radiate as movement springs from quickness of brush, all the while rendering unique feelings of perception, light, foreground & depth.
In variance, reflective & solitary, watercolor mountain landscapes align with a separate series of abstract works from his past to backlight this latest exhibition.
Les Biller was invited into the gallery’s roster in 2014. He held teaching positions at UCLA from 1964-1975 as well as University of Hawaii from 1975-1980, has received awards from LA County Museum Annual Prize as well as a Fullbright Grant. His one-artist exhibitions include shows at College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA; State Foundation of Culture & the Arts, Honolulu; Contemporary Arts Center, Honolulu; Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara; & Frederick Wight Gallery, UCLA to name a few.