• PHIL EPP: INFINITE DISTANCE, NOVEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 31

    PHIL EPP: INFINITE DISTANCE

    NOVEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 31

    Infinite Distance explores the relationship between place and imagination through Phil Epp’s captivating paintings. Epp’s distinctive visual language invites us into an unknown, yet familiar rural landscape where architectural forms, expansive horizons, and atmospheric spaces exist somewhere between reality and fantasy. These constructed moments are less about depicting a specific location or memory and more about evoking an emotional sense of distance, wonder, and possibility within the viewer.

  • How does your environment influence your work?
    "My childhood, my interest in fine art, the cowboy, and my rural home all contribute to my painting subjects. I'm most drawn to geographic locations with ground vegetation and open spaces. Places where an individual is somewhat alone with the empty natural environment. Landscapes where you can see the sky and the horizon. My work is seldom about a specific location, but an imagined landscape that seems familiar to me and the viewer."
     
    How do you engage viewers while leaving room for interpretation?
    "I want to retain some mystery for myself and the viewer. As a successful painting progresses it becomes a world of its own. That’s whats fun about painting. I don’t want to intimidate the viewer but invite them to also explore the wonder and mystery. I work from memory, photos, drawings, imagination and ideas. I think what I paint is more important than how I paint."
     
    What inspired your painting of the weathered barn?
    "I drove down a rural road and noticed the barn in the distance. The image stayed in my head for several days so I went back to take another look. The subject had all the elements that interested me visually and I loved the subject. I stumbled across this idea."

  • "I HOPE THERE WILL ALWAYS BE OPEN SKY AND EMPTY PLACES"

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