Works
“The paintings of Dale Threlkeld are visual intrigues. What you think you perceive is never what you leave with. His paintings are explosive and subtle, ordered and chaotic, penetrating and expansive. Look at them from afar and they draw you in, study their detail and they change and alter their form. These paintings elicit reminders of the past: the impasto of Rembrandt, the colors of Matisse or Morris Louis, the assimilation of Picasso, the landscapes of Pollock and Turner. But uniquely, Threlkeld’s works are their own creations. They are marvels of painting that defy categorization. Spend time with them and they change you. Study them and they challenge you. Come back to them and you will find something anew. Each of these paintings is a creation that is suggestive of the experience derived from being immersed into a world that is familiar yet unknown, comforting but challenging, emotional and cerebral. Allow them to engage, accept their provocation.” - Jim Price, Professor of Art, History and Culture, Lewis and Clark Community College, Godfrey, IL