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Matthew
2004, 30 x 24 in,
high gloss oil enamel
on canvas/wood panel

"Newspaper headlines. Kidnappings. Psycho killers. The collapse of the Catholic Church. Forensic TV shows. Mystery novels. Crime scene investigations. Suicides. Abandoned cars. Loneliness. Suspense thrillers. Newscasts. Being lost. Ghost stories. Mental hospitals. Night. Suburban blight. Dark corridors. Missing people. Secrets. Empty rooms. Sin."

"Uncomfortable human circumstance. This is what I seek to explore. Creating sleek, crisp canvases based on mysterious and ambiguous photographs I take, I aim to seduce viewers with a highly polished surface and subtle colors, then hit them with a muffled, slow moving jolt."

Richard Pasquarelli was born in Bronxville, NY in 1968. His work has been shown at The Miami Art Museum, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Chelsea Art Museum as well as galleries in New York, Paris, Los Angeles, Norway and Madrid. His work hangs in several corporate and public collections including the Misumi Art Collection, Progressive Art Collection, the US Library of Congress, Bayerische Landesbank, and General Dynamics Inc. to name a few. His work is also in many private collections in NY, Paris, Tokyo, London, Norway and Ecuador. See CV for more details.

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Boy
2003, 30 x 24
High gloss oil enamel
on canvas/wood panel