This note accompanies “A Show of Portraits” exhibition located at SFFA Tradewynd Gallery, showing March 23 - May 10, 2025.
I have been a big fan of Philip Geiger’s paintings for a long time.
To my eyes, he is one of the most “natural” contemporary painters I know of.
The quality of his mark making, the subjects he chooses to paint and the light which bathes all of the forms in his work, reveal an artist who is absolutely in touch with why he loves to paint and has the skill set to concisely convey all this through his very personalized painting language.
This degree of honesty doesn’t often occur in the contemporary art world, where artists push and pull themselves in all directions trying to make their work “relevant”.
What an inspiration! You look at a Philip Geiger and it just “is”, in all its glory, because it couldn’t possibly be any other way.
Dean Fisher - February, 2025.