Description

James Ulmer. Blue Bird. 25" x 18.5", Archival pigment on paper. Signed edition of 35. $250. James Ulmer's paintings pull from lively drawings, translated into play of positive and negative space in solid, minimal forms. Bold shapes emerge out of Ulmer's constructs through both the subject and the amorphous setting. Vibrating color combinations, such as the deep red and cobalt blue of Blue Bird, further upend the relationship between foreground and background. Ulmer's simplicity belies the carefully calculated compositions, which oscillate between naiveté and minute attention to details of edge and placement. His paintings put forward the pure inspiration and enjoyment that painting can bring.