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Courtrty photo
One ot the paintings by Springfield artist Robert Kramer, who
has an exhibition ot his work at the Hult Center s Jacobs
Gallery from Jan 6 to Feb 3
Springfield artist uses
home to evoke images
By Ming Rodrigues
f ;tw a id Oontr itulor
Something ttiiit s realistic
oft (in reaches out to the hu
man rm a and strikes a c hord
in cmc li ol us I veil when it's
art
With Kotiert kiiimet s
paintings, you get the lamili
ar feeling that you've heen
where tie's heen, met the
same people and thought the
same thought*
hollowing the Americ an
realist traditions of Thomas
W hum lories Andrews Wy
eth and Winslow Homer
Kramer s w a I err oloi and
drvbrusti paintings are not
so much concerned with
Uuhnujtie! and design as
with emotional impact Me
works to c reate personal 1111
ages of our relationship w ith
the natural world
When We sec something
that s real our senses are
stimulated more profoundly
as we re able relate the sub
act to our 1 jves,' Kramer
said I'hls is not often the
case With design that’s not
tied to something concrete
Invariably the m-toue h
appeal of his work owes a
great deal, not to some far
flung tnspiiiittonal turner of
llie world, but to his own
neighborhood and the peo
ple who make up the small
community in Springfield
when' he lives
A loc ai resident since1
19f>3, Kramer's images de
pit i 11h- right on his door
step neighbors, family
,iriti friends, and the Oregon
scencr v and I i lest v ! e
There's little in Kramer's
work that is disconnected
from Ins (iwn vs ,iy of Hie
On this level. Kramer lie
lieves it's a lot easier to com
mit to working on something
one's comfortable with or
feels strongly about and this,
is wflV he made the switch
Irom more than .Ml years of
painting in an abstract, non
objective style to a more
conscious style just two and
hall years ago
I guess I became more
awaft • t t epre-e itat .(srvii
images and Its emotional in
stead of decorative t input t
said Kramer who graduated
in fine art from Cal State in
lu Her ton
Rustic and meditative, the
allure of Kramer s paintings
is not how tlu-v jump out,
bright a mi active, ini t i n
their muted moodiness His
use of light and darkness is
purln u la11 v t harai 'tensile
He sees his suliject lor Its ob
vious qualities at the same
time .is lie interprets the im
age as it kuk-. around in Ills
head
K! v pit lures have a large
chunk til what I at tuullv see
and I at-, inject light and
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