BEAUTY: Painting--Alberto Ortega

The nighttime suburban scenes in Alberto Ortega's paintings are eerily quiet and much like a David Lynch film, it seems there can be a lot bubbling just below the surface, behind those front doors and paned windows...like a restrained emotional nightmare. The occasional figure with a suitcase adds to the dramatic narrative. It feels like danger and incomprehensible acts are hiding out in these darkened streets and seemingly harmless homes.

Top to bottom: A Stop At Willoughby; After Hours; American Pastoral; Back Lot; Cable; Decoy; Deja Vu; Delivery; Everlong; Night Call; Night Swimming; Playdate I

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