Six Moon Views

About Six Moon Views

Six divided circles are curated on a ground of blue-black and framed by lighter grey and sky blue in this 25-inch vertical watercolour paper collage. Rogers' work, rooted in cubist-constructivist tradition, was recognized by critic Clement Greenberg in 1963 as having a 'fullness of inspiration'. In keeping with this sentiment, Rogers' tonal expression in this painting is contemplative, spiritual and uplifting.

Otto Rogers (1935-2019) was born in Saskatchewan and acquired his MA in Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin. He later taught art at the University of Saskatchewan for 30 years. His work is included in more than 30 public collections across Canada, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the McMichael Canadian Collection, and the National Gallery of Canada. Roger’s work is also in the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona and the National Gallery of Iceland, as well as numerous private and corporate collections.
Rogers also helped sustain the Emma Lake Workshops, which provide a meeting place for many of North America's most respected visual artists and critics, including Clement Greenberg, Barnett Newman, Jules Olitiski, Kenneth Noland, Jack Shadbolt, and Helen Frankenthaler. In 2007, a book of his work, Otto Donald Rogers, including a foreword by British sculptor Sir Anthony Caro, was published.