"My interest has always been in people. To me the human figure is the most direct way of expressing human emotions and the human condition — the most direct way of communicating. I have always drawn and painted from the model. At times, I use my drawings as starting points for my paintings. Using predominantly acrylic, I work directly, continually changing, developing and refining the ideas on the canvas.
Boldness with sensitivity is the quality I admire in art, and this is the manner in which I work. This comes through in the drawing, the color, the value and the pattern.
Each viewer interprets my work from the sum of his or her own life. In fact, among a whole group of observers, each will interpret a work in his or her own unique way. The important thing is that a work evokes interpretation — causes communication. As an artist I communicate through paint."
BIOGRAPHY
Lar Landa, whose family has deep roots in Northern California, lives in Healdsburg, CA. He attended Columbia University, Universitas di Firenze and Stanford University, where he received a B.A. in art in 1955. He has served with the Board of Directors for the California Museum of Art, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa, and the Sonoma Arts Council.
His paintings and sculpture have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco and elsewhere. His work is in private collections worldwide. Mr. Landa continues to find new inspiration from his frequent travels to Mexico, Italy and elsewhere in Europe. In 2006, the Museo ItaloAmericano in San Francisco featured a major retrospective of his art: “Carnivale/ 50 Years.”
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
Solo Shows:
2019 |
Potrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2017 |
Potrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2006 |
“Carnevale/ 50 Years” Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco, CA |
2002 |
“Metafora Del Carnevale,” 255 California, San Francisco, CA |
2001 |
525 Market Street, San Francisco, CA |
Group Shows:
2017-2019 |
Featured at Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami Art Fairs |
2014-2019 |
Potrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2009 |
Stanford Spaces, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA |
2008 |
Mad River Post, Fall Show, San Francisco, CA |
2008 |
Malibu Canyon Gallery, Malibu, CA |
2004 |
Mad River Post, San Francisco, CA |
2003 |
May Ball Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2001 |
Mad River Post, San Francisco, CA |
2001 |
ARCO, Los Angeles, CA |
2001-02 |
May Ball Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2001-02 |
Del Sol Gallery, Malibu, CA |
2001-02 |
Matrix Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
Recent Museum Acquisitions:
2007 |
Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA |
2006 |
Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco, CA |
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