Art Gallery
The Gozo Villas Team is
pleased to present a Gallery
of paintings by this well
known local artist, which
they hope you will enjoy
as much as they do.
Henry Alamango's art consists
mainly of landscapes and
seascapes of a distinctly
Mediterranean character.
Intense light and shade,
the aroma of Mediterranean
sea-shores, the intoxicating
wild thyme and the scent
of figs that spring from
barren hot rock , complemented
by an intense social fabric,
constitute the milieu
of the eminently Mediterranean
archipelago that is Henry's
homeland. Much of his
subject-matter is derived
from the island of Gozo,
a source of continuous
inspiration for Henry
as well as for other artists.
It is not easy to convey
all the sensory emotions
through a painting, but
once you have experienced
Gozo, you will see more
than an image in Henry's
paintings of this locality.
The treatment of his subjects
often follows an ethereal
form, particularly in
the use of watercolour
washes, illustrating a
serene diffusion of light
running through an equally
pleasant use of colours.
The world around us has
shape, texture and colour.
This last property is
not an easy concept to
grasp. Colour is not something
you can touch. In technical
terms, it is the way that
white light is split and
refracted by an object's
molecular structure, causing
light of a particular
hue to radiate from that
object. It is a known
fact, however, that different
hues stimulate us in different
ways, whether taken in
isolation or in particular
combinations. What the
observer feels, therefore,
is as much a product of
the harmony or discord
applied through the artist's
palette, as much as it
is a product of the subject
matter itself. The 'artist's
palette' is a matter of
choice of colours (hues)
as well as their intensity
and tonal strength (relative
to other colours). At
the conscious level, the
viewer relates to a subject;
at the emotional or subconscious
level, hues and tones
do much of the work.
Viewed in this context,
the artist feels that
the subjects in his work
are often of secondary
importance; an accessory
or vehicle used to communicate
moods or emotions through
the judicious use of hues
and tones. This notwithstanding
that the observer might
relate to a particular
place or subject in the
first instance but is
drawn to a painting by
its emotional content,
conveyed by hues and tones.
Henry's paintings typically
convey a serenity enhanced
by the softness, translucency
and atmospheric quality
of watercolours, the basis
of most of his work. Even
his work in oils and chalk
pastels tend to emulate
this diffusion, leaning
towards an impressionistic
style.
Henry Alamango was born
in September, 1946, to
Alfred and Eileen who,
from an early age, instilled
in him a love of nature
that was to lead to a
keen sense of observation
and creativity. He has
held a number of solo
and collective exhibitions
and his works now adorn
several offices and homes,
in Malta as well as overseas.
e-mail : henry.alamango@artmalta.info
web-site : www.artmalta.info
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