Charles Tersolo Fine Art Oil Paintings

Available Paintings as of 11/29/2011

The paintings shown here are currently available for purchase. Most works are framed in traditional gold frames. Mahogany drop-box style frames constructed at my family's New Hampshire wood shop are available on some works for an additional charge. Please contact the galleries directly for purchasing options.

Charles Tersolo Fine Art. 450 Harrison Ave Suite 307, Boston MA 02118

The following paintings are currently in my studio. While I'm usually there most days between 10am and 7pm, my schedule often changes. If you contact me in advance, I will make myself available for your visit.

Paris

Boston

Maine

Historic Parks

Synthetic Impressionism

13 Forest Gallery. 167-A Massachusetts Ave, Arlington MA 02474

The paintings shown below are on display at 13 Forest Gallery, located across from the Capitol Theatre in Arlington.

Thanassi Gallery. 234 Commercial St, Provincetown MA 02657

Thanassi Gallery is located in the center of town across from Whaler's Wharf. This gallery has show my work since 2004.

Out of the Blue. 106 Prospect St, Cambridge MA 02139

These paintings are available at Out of the Blue art gallery near Central Square in Cambridge.

Adieb Khadoure Fine Art. 613 Canyon Rd, Santa Fe NM 87501

I am very excited to have a Santa Fe gallery on Canyon Road showing my work. Listed here are paintings of the American Southwest from my show "Above and Below: Zion and the Grand Canyon" at Adieb Khadoure Fine Art in Santa Fe.

Art 3 Gallery. 44 West Brook St, Manchester NH 03101

These paintings are available at Art 3 Gallery in the historic Millyard district of Manchester.

Abstract

In 2003 I began my own abstract pieces. Rather than working from an idea, emotion, or experience, my abstract paintings are pure expression of color and shape. They are created with traditional painting method, using thin paint first, applying shapes and colors and allowing them to dry. Successive layers of paint are applied, the colors and shapes respond to early ones and grow, like a city. Some colors are preserved until the end, while others get covered or altered. Glazing with transparent layering of color, or semi-transparent frotties including some white, are traditional oil techniques that allows harmonizing when applied to the whole canvas. The finesse and expressive qualities of my pure abstracts grow with my other styles, informing each other.

Conceptual

Early cityscapes included writing on the backs of the canvas. A kind of journal entry, they document moments where everyday, cliché, common sense logic revealed themselves to Charles's "question authority" persona. "In 2001 I began moving written word to the front of my paintings. Conceptual and installation art was playful and engaging for me, but often huge or impractical for display in homes. My textual paintings provoke as much as museum pieces, but have a surface reading that is light and jumbled, explored only when one stops, stares at them, and seeks out their meaning." These paintings are livable, decorative, and often minimal in range of color or tonal values. They employ encrypted and conjugated proverbs, combined with images of popular art, to expose the virtues of living deliberately and gaining the style of others.

Unique Works

These paintings are those that fit into the category of not fitting into a category. They are also works that remain available from previously-completed painting series. This label allows growth and exploration of singular ideas outside the context of a larger body of work.