Arlon Rosenoff

Drawing is one of my first memories as a child. I was interested in mechanical things and as such developed an affinity for drawing cars, tractors, boats and airplanes.

During my first years of college in Spokane, I did volunteer work at the Spokane Art School in exchange for tuition, and attended many classes and workshops in drawing, painting, and sculpting. Additionally, I took classes in figure drawing and silkscreen printmaking at Spokane Falls Community College before transferring to Arizona State University. A career in aviation eventually brought me back from Arizona to the Great Northwest.

I am inspired by the outdoor beauty of the Northwest, and focus on outdoor images from the area, particularly landscapes and nautical themes.

Over the years I have experimented with multiple avenues of artistic expression, including drawing, painting, serigraphy and sculpting, however I have found my calling as a representational oil painter specializing in the palette knife technique. As an artist, I am influenced by prominent serigraphy artists, such as Marco Sassone and Nicola Simbari, as well as oil painters such as Ovanes Berberian. I am a current member of the Oil Painters of America.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I paint with a palette knife because it gives me the opportunity to interact with paint in a very tactile, expressionistic way.
Each viewer of my art is able to gain a strong sense my physical interaction with the paint, with every stroke and manipulation visible forever. The surfaces of my paintings are very telling, sometimes resembling a mosaic of pallet knife strokes.
Being blessed with an unusual first name allows me to sign my work with my given name