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The Power of Women
MAY 6 - 22, 2004
Art @ Large is proud to present an exhibition of paintings by L.A.Willette.
Born in Manhattan, L.A. Willette cultivated his prowess as an abstract expressionist and has since crossed over into the more figurative aspects of expressionism.
After graduating from the State University at New Paltz, New York, he started a painting co-operative and gallery at The Westbeth Theatre Center in Manhattan. Upon visiting his studio at Westbeth, Elaine De Kooning said, " If Bill (De Kooning) was still doing his women paintings, he'd be doing them like yours."
Willette’s penchant for defining the grace and sexuality of the human female, has led him to the further investigation of the raw strength of the modern woman. The respect for this “power” he shows in these charged works is underscored by his distinct use of paint, and collage elements in a cohesive dialog between the energy of painting, and the material of the paint. “I don’t paint the female form, I paint the female.”
His works are represented by Art @ Large in New York, and galleries in Paris, London, Chicago, Long Island, and South Beach, Miami. Willette has had work purchased by collectors from every continent on earth except Antartica.
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