Candice Bohannon "Long Valley" 33" x 33.5" Oil on mounted linen, 2015
Classical Underground is proud and happy to showcase the works of two of the most important and promising young forces in the emerging movement of serious contemporary representational Art - Julio Reyes and Candice Bohannon.
Julio and Candice's works are soulful, intensely personal and introspective, often melancholic and contemplative, and always exquisite in their precision of conception and layered fluidity of execution.
Never stale and always exciting, they both in their own ways constantly introduce new technical approaches and variety to their use of painting and drawing materials that add and reinforce the restrained complexity of their haunting and beautiful pictorial poems.
It is precisely the relatively recent emergence of such bright and distinct artists as Julio and Candice that makes it impossible to deny that this new and vibrant movement within contemporary art is well on its way.
Julio Reyes "Dark Waters" -- 30"x 45" oil on panel 2014
Julio's and Candice's new works can be seen during the month of November at Maxwell Alexander Gallery in Culver City. Candice is soon to be represented by R J Demato Gallery in Sag Harbor, NY.
In another bit of really exciting news, and as a form of public notice, we are very happy to welcome to Los Angeles in early 2016 the incomparable Arcadia Contemporary which represents Julio. Arcadia Contemporary is one of the foremost galleries representing a significant share of today's top realist artists and close artistic friends. Arcadia Contemporary's Los Angeles re-launch signifies a seismic shift in the art market and Los Angeles's emergence as a viable New York alternative. Serious California collectors can now feel confident that they don't really need to fly to New York to buy California artists. Just as I've been saying for the last fifteen years: "LA is the Paris of the 21st century"!