Gregory Thielker is an American artist, currently based in Paris. For his new show, The Liquid Night, the artist has focused on the feeling of driving after hours, when darkness has set in. These paintings build upon his popular series of views while driving in the rain, rendered in a highly realistic manner. But the new canvases represent a shift toward the mysterious and transitory sights of the city at night. Shops are closed, the work day is finished, and yet the road invites you onward into the velvety dark, broken only by glowing lights from cars, street lamps, and constellations of raindrops.
"For me, driving at night is about becoming lost in time. I love the sound of rain pattering on the car and the rhythmic swish of the wiper blades. In the daytime we are always conscious of the next place to be, but at the end of the day, the pressure eases, and thoughts and memories become more fluid. Making the paintings then is a way to get back to that feeling, while slowly building it on the canvas."
