The artist explores the effects of light passing through a translucent painted medium reflected through a mirror onto an adjacent wall.
David Stanger is best known for a body of thickly painted portraiture, here, he explores the effects of light passing through a translucent painted medium, reflected through a mirror onto an adjacent wall. The image has both public and private significance.
David Stanger received a BFA in painting from Syracuse University, studied painting and Renaissance art history in Florence, Italy and earned his MFA from the Hoffberger School of Painting at Maryland Institute College of Art. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at Seton Hill University. His work has been exhibited regionally and nationally, including Manifest Gallery, Seraphin Gallery, the University of North Carolina at Asheville, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Butler Institute of American Art and the Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Stanger’s work can be found in many private collections and is most notably in the collections of the Carnegie Museum of Art.