Loving Light and Land

Red at Night, Farmers’ Delight, Concremiers (oil on wooden panel, 8x12")

After living in New York City for 28 years, James Teschner 80 PT now spends most days painting outdoors near his home in the remote farmlands of central France. It shows – especially in his new solo exhibition, which opened last weekend at OK Harris in NYC and will continue on view through May 25.  

Sun White Setting, Concremiers, France (oil on wooden panel, 8x12")

James says that the direct experience of being in the landscape – often standing in the same field for months on end – is crucial to his creative process. In recent years he has focused intently on the setting sun and how the light changes towards nightfall. In his work, landscapes get obliterated – “almost devoured by the sun’s all-consuming luminosity or dissolved by the receding, diminishing light.” 

Plum Glow, Concremiers (oil on wooden panel, 8x12")