Carl Morris
Installation View | January 2017
Installation View | January 2017
Installation View | January 2017
Installation View | January 2017
Installation View | January 2017
Installation View | January 2017
Installation View | January 2017
Installation View | January 2017
Voyage Unknown
1946
oil on canvas
52 x 32.5 inches
Dwellings #4
c. 1950
casein on wood panel
17 x 37 inches
Beach Promenade
1954-55
casein on wood panel
15 x 39.5 inches
Rock Striations
1957
oil on canvas
42 x 32 inches
Migrant Lights
1957
oil on canvas
38 x 42 inches
Echoed Impact
1959
oil on canvas
42 x 50.5 inches
Glacial Pool
c. 1965
oil on canvas
42 x 32 inches
Untitled (S-77-IX)
c. 1970
acrylic on canvas
73 x 73 inches
Red and Yellow Facets
c. 1980
acrylic on canvas
69.25 x 73.5 inches
Untitled
c. 1991
acrylic on canvas
52 x 88 inches
The Russo Lee Gallery rings in 2017 with “Decades,” paintings by the Northwest master Carl Morris. As the name of the show implies, Morris had a long and varied career, and this collection is comprised of work ranging across fifty years. While embracing abstraction, Carl Morris was also engaged by narrative expression, where “Man, light and atmosphere intersect.” From his response to Second World War in the 1940’s through Abstract Expressionism and beyond, this exhibition traces the artist’s journey to his own unmistakable “Northwest Mystic” style.