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W/17 Exhibit

There is much to be said about an artist and the visual signatures by which we know their work. This signature goes beyond style, medium, or any sort of material aspect. What is recognizable is the priority of concept and process that lends itself to the creation of art. This results in something distinct across the artist's body of work. Each piece is progressive, exciting, but also, familiar in an appreciative sense. Engaging the artwork, we find ourselves searching for what is new, excited to see what the artist has uncovered within the time frame of yesterday's masterpiece to this current one.

The process of painting is by no means something new for Ponce. A landscape artist by trade, with almost half a century of experience in this occupation of beauty, Ponce is an artist simply through his ways of life and being. He works within the intersection of multiple creative expressions, weaving together the elements of architecture, interior design, and style. In each way of expression, whether he paints, sculpts terrain, or composes objects within a space, the medium by which he creates simultanously informs all others. Ponce's creation of his landscapes give rise to his multi-layered paintings, while his paintings serve as a conduit of artistic growth.

The artist's ouvre is an attitude towards beauty that exhibits its constant seeking. Ponce's works culminate in the understanding of what is essential to the experience of art: the personal, the sublime, the moving of the heart and its ease within this moment of seeing beauty. Viewing his paintings is akin to walking through his gardens and scenery. There is an ecology of color, texture, material, and composition that gives rise to a form in complete harmony. The gestural strokes and patterned shapes mirror the flora in his landscapes. The paint and plants, like his art-making, are not simply ornamental. They reside in the habitat of his many mediums of canvas, earth, and home.

Throughout his long and on-going artistic career, Ponce's signature is an innate perspective that sees the forest in the tree. He creates beyond the work, a poetic habitat, which finds its fulfillment and distinction in the multi-sensorial experience of living and being within art.

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