LUKE ALLSBROOK •   WAYNESVILLE, NC

"Flannery O’conner said great Art should be based on observed facts tthat make actual the mystery of our position on Earth.' Similarly, Kenneth Clark talked about landscape painting as 'facts transfigured by love.' My paintings are about the world I observe around me. I want the facts that I have observed to be 'transfigured by love' and conveyed in paint. The viewer of the painting should feel the same joy I felt when I was looking at the scene and painting it. In our distracted and virtual-driven culture, painting offers something vital: An invitation to slow down and become aware. I believe in the mystery of a deeper spiritual reality above and beyond the facts of the material world. Because of this, a spot of light on an apple, or the curve of a tree limb can be full of significance. This is what I want my painting to convey."

 

Luke Allsbrook received a BFA in Painting from Indiana University (Bloomington) and an MFA (cum laude) from The New York Academy of Art. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the US and is included in the Forbes collection, Mercedes Benz, The US Department of State, The Morris Museum of Art, and in the collection of His Majesty, King Charles III. Mr. Allsbrook served as official tour artist for His Majesty, then Prince Charles, on his 2005 state tour of the United States. The recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundations Grant, he has taught drawing and painting at the New York Academy of Art, The Lyme Academy of Art, William Paterson University, UNC-Asheville, and in Italy with the University of Georgia Cortona Program. He resides with his wife and four children in the mountains of Western North Carolina. His works may be viewed at www.lukeallsbrook.com