October 2009 Featured Artist: Harry Doolittle

A native Chicagoan and self-taught artist, Harry C. Doolittle moved to the New York City area in 1951.

Doolittle has had many exhibitions, and his paintings have hung in national and international venues. He has shown at such diverse spaces as the Florence Biennale Dell' Arte and most recently at the Broadway Gallery, in Soho, New York. Critically acclaimed for the uniqueness of his art, Doolittle originated a process that combines acrylics, painted glass, brass and aluminum leaf on canvas board. His paintings are in private collections in Seoul, South Korea, New York, Chicago, and Detroit among others.

Doolittle's artwork is free of narrative and language. His unique symmetry of acrylics, glass, aluminum and brass leaf creates richly textured scintillate compositions. Like every artist who achieves renown, this artist has carved out a territory that's distinctively his own. ~ Mark Blickley, Artist Spectrum Magazine

There are several aspects to Harry C. Doolittle's Abstract Colleges that differentiate them form other works of contemporary art. The main difference - and the most apparent - is the artist's use of acrylic colors applied beneath and on glass. The painted glass is then cemented to 24' by 36" canvas board which the artist employs for each of his paintings.

Next, there is the gold brass leaf and the silver aluminum leaf which when applied at different places throughout the canvas mingles with the multiple colors the artist chooses.

Unfortunately, photography cannot capture the true look and texture of gold and silver, nor of the glass's reflections. It's only when one stands in front of them do they truly come alive.

They're original and a sight to behold. A three dimensional kaleidoscope of colors and intrigue.


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