A new direction in black and white.
This new series marks a powerful departure for Allan Rodewald.
Working on a large scale with charcoal, graphite, and the traces of the materials themselves, Allan has created a body of abstract works that are at once quiet and powerful. The drawings move between structure and spontaneity—bold marks, translucent layers, erased passages, and the subtle variations that happen when charcoal and graphite meet paper.
The result is a series with an entirely different visual language from Allan's more colorful and materially complex work. Here, black, white, gray, light, and shadow do the talking.
The large pieces are professionally mounted with archival materials, gallery framed, finished with an acrylic front, and ready to hang.
This is a limited body of work created with a particular kind of collector in mind—someone drawn to abstraction, subtlety, and the unmistakeable physical evidence of a true artist's hand.
Art In The Process…
“There is something especially interesting about these works: the medium becomes part of the process. The dust, residue, and imperfect marks left behind by charcoal aren't simply something to clean away. They become part of the image.”
Allan Rodewald has been an artist since childhood, beginning formal training at eight and continuing through college. His career has taken him from automotive finishes and murals to restaurants, homes, architectural spaces and a highly personal body of contemporary work.
Today, from his Houston studio, Allan continues to experiment, create and share his process. Teaching is an important part of his practice, from introducing various techniques to budding artists, to talking with collectors about what they see and how a work comes together.
He has never been interested in staying inside one style—or following a predictable path. For Allan, an accident can become a technique, a failed painting can find new life, and an unexpected result can lead somewhere completely new.
Still curious. Still making. Still teaching. Still having a pretty good time being an artist.
