Charles Arnoldi (b. 1946), has long drawn on nature for his many and varied series of abstract works. Fire-blackened tree branches, lush Hawaiian foliage and the stone walls of Machu Picchu - all inspired important bodies of work. Emphasizing flattened forms of often brilliant color and pattern, Arnoldi interprets nature through a fauvist palette. Natural objects are rendered in terms of riotous colors, textures and shapes, suppressing a sense of atmosphere or literal figuration, to create wonderfully complex and compelling compositions.
With a career that has spanned over forty years, Arnoldi is one of the most prominent painters in southern California. Arnoldi’s work resides in numerous collections and museums throughout the United States, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain. Born in Dayton, Ohio, Arnoldi lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Ryland Arnoldi (b.1988), an emerging artist based in Venice, California, engages in large-scale acrylic painting as a means of autobiographical exploration, examining and reinterpreting past impressions. His work draws heavily on iconic imagery of landscapes and natural forms, aiming to evoke the tranquility and introspective quality of time spent immersed in the natural environment. Arnoldi employs vibrant, contrasting color palettes to construct abstract yet dynamic compositions, meticulously balancing organic intricacy inherent in the surrounding natural world. Ryland Arnoldi lives and works in Venice, California.
Natalie Arnoldi (b. 1990) grew up in Malibu, California, where she developed a passion for the ocean, which became the inspiration for both her scientific and artistic pursuits. While conducting a full-time career as an artist, Arnoldi simultaneously achieved a PhD in Marine Ecology at Stanford University, where she also received Bachelor’s and Master's degrees.
As a painter, Arnoldi works prolifically, when not engaged in research in places like Palau, and other far reaches of the ocean. Her compositions are ambitious, often quite large in scale, and evoke the vastness, power and mystery of nature, while driven by overarching environmental narratives and concerns. This duality of science and art was well represented, and received, in her two recent solo museum exhibitions, at the Bakersfield Museum and the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, in Bakersfield and Pacific Grove, California.
