‘Ut Pictura Poesis’, an exhibit of paintings by Louis N. Pontone will take place at the AFA Gallery from April 2 through April 25. There will be an opening reception on First Friday, April 3, from 6 PM until 8 PM.
Lou Pontone is a founding member of Artists For Art, the parent organization of the AFA Gallery. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, and lived in northeastern Pennsylvania for many years. He now resides in Jeffersonville, NY.
A painter for more than forty years, Lou has taught at Keystone College, Misericordia, the Everhart Museum School and the Lucan Center for the Arts in Scranton. His work is represented in many public, private and corporate collections.
For more than forty years, he has made the American landscape and the natural world among the principal subject matter of his paintings. The strict representation of the seen work was never his goal; interpretation and self-expression point the direction the work takes. Working over the whole surface, Louis’ technique involves altering and weaving the shapes, readjusting the colors and building up the textures. This pushing and pulling of the picture plane achieves a rich and highly developed work of art.
About his work, Pontone says: “While I aspire that these landscape paintings be lyrical and decorative, subliminally they often carry over an indescribably ‘edge’ which is an extension of my human nature. Each painting becomes a record and reflection of my personal vision.”