Oil painting on paper | 2019
Brian Lotti (b.1972) often sketches in plein-air, and uses varied swathes of vibrant color, quick staccatos, and heavy impasto strokes to form color-blocked horizons. Born in Okinawa, Japan, Lotti’s longtime involvement with skateboarding, as a pro rider and later filmmaker, has fostered a hypersensitivity to the street as an aesthetic subject, concerned with translating physicality, sensuality, and emotions. Lotti uses the language of Expressionism and Impressionism to describe the fleeting, dynamic, and visceral experience of urban landscapes. With Exit, Lotti captures the spontaneity of atmosphere, light, and movement in his immediate environment—in this instance a lush and scenic cove.
