ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES - T.L. LANGE

Born in Oil City, PA, T L Lange grew up in and around Washington, D.C. He studied fine art at Winthrop College in South Carolina for two years, then moved to Atlanta because he felt that the only real education he would receive would be the one from artists who were living their professions.

Of his work, he says, One painting leads to the next, while all the work relates as a stream of conscious flow. Drawing and painting are both attached to every single piece of work. I start with a sense of space and a glimpse of how an object can occupy that space. I break space until I reach the finest detail. I want the form to grow. I use my symbols, and those borrowed from my surroundings. I use words and text because of their availability and pattern. The words create tension when used to cover other symbols. They also act as confessions, associations, puns and definitions. I have been able to, with a great amount of good fortune, explore my potential. My only intent is to become better at my craft. In doing so, the work will speak with more clarity.

A finely controlled strength expressing itself with a remarkable degree of technical eloquence characterizes Lange's work, which is found in corporate and private collections throughout the United States and around the world.