Extended Engagements: Erin Castellan, Keith Leitner & Ruslan Khais

Cerulean Arts is pleased to present Extended Engagements, featuring works by Erin Castellan, Keith Leitner and Ruslan Khais.  For each artist, thoughtful interaction with the physicality of their materials and surroundings drive their creative endeavors. Castellan combines collaged fabrics, paint, embroidery and yarn to create complex works that cannot be understood in an instant.  Her tactile curiosities, optical illusions and formal relationships reveal themselves to the viewer through slow looking over time.  Leitner's paintings articulate how he takes in the world around him through texture, color and surface.  As a respite from the constant digital noise around us, his paintings beckon to be looked at for an extended time.  For Khais, the physicality of paint, color, gesture and form are of paramount importance.  Straddling representation and abstraction, his paintings are inspired by a particular place at a particular time under specific atmospheric conditions.

Keith Leitner, 001-2016 Untitled, mixed media on paper,  8" x 8".  SOLD

Keith Leitner, 009-2016 Untitled, mixed media on paper,  6.25" x 6.25".  SOLD

Keith Leitner, 010-2016 Untitled, mixed media on paper,  6.25" x 6.25". 

Erin Castellan, Spring, mixed media on fabric, 31" x 20". 

Ruslan Khais, Highlands in Bloom, oil and acrylic on canvas, 30" x 36". 

Keith Leitner, 004-2016 Untitled, mixed media on paper, 8.5" x 8.5". 

Keith Leitner, 005-2016 Untitled, mixed media on paper, 10.5" x 10.5".  SOLD

Erin Castellan, The Summer of Rainbows, Love and a Mobile Home, mixed media on fabric, 28" x 17.5". 

Ruslan Khais, Mighty Spring, oil and acrylic on canvas, 38" x 52". 

Erin Castellan, Shift, mixed media on paper, 23" x 22". 

Ruslan Khais, The Wind is Rising, oil and acrylic on canvas, 36" x 24". 

Erin Castellan, Swamp, mixed media on paper, 18.5" x 19.5". 

Keith Leitner, 003-2016 Untitled, mixed media on paper, 10" x 10". 

Erin Castellan, Within, mixed media on paper, 36" x 24". 

Keith Leitner, 007-2016 Untitled, mixed media on paper, 10" x 10".  SOLD

Ruslan Khais, Waterfront, Purple Mist, oil and acrylic on canvas, 46" x 42". 

Erin Castellan, I Used to Think You were Golden, mixed media on paper, 15" x 11". 

Keith Leitner, 002-2016 Untitled, mixed media on paper, 10.5" x 10.5". 

Keith Leitner, 006-2016 Untitled, mixed media on paper, 10.5" x 10.5". 

Erin Castellan, Confetti, mixed media on paper, 15" x 11".  SOLD

Ruslan Khais, Stray Showers, acrylic on canvas, 30" x 24". 

Erin Castellan, See: Sea, mixed media on fabric, 13" x 12.5".