David Scott Gallery presents its first show of the season, “This Looks Familiar,” Francisco Silva’s first solo exhibition of paintings, running through May 19.
The community is invited to an artist reception from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at 253 Nassau St., Princeton, N.J., in the offices of Berkshire Hathaway.
After many years working as a graphic designer and web developer, 2019 marked Silva’s return to painting, primarily in plein air. He began with landscapes inspired by his backpacking trips on the Appalachian Trail. Since then, his work has grown to include still lifes, urban and rural scenes, architecture and structures, and themes portraying the struggles of the everyday person.
Silva’s influences include Edward Hopper and the Social Realist painters of the 1920s and 1930s. The rich textiles of his Peruvian roots inform his use of vibrant color, and his brushwork is a seamless combination of loose, painterly strokes and controlled detail.
“This Looks Familiar” attempts to cover the full range of Silva’s language as a painter of the “everyday.” Through Silva’s keen lens, the viewer is invited to engage with these familiar scenes and be guided from hiking trails to city streets, beaches to farmlands, and suburban sidewalks to corner bars.
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