Bridge For Design Winter 2014 Bridge For Design Winter 2014 Issue | Page 16

Captive Messenger Charles Bell was an American photo-realist painter, known primarily for his large-scale still life images. With a subject matter primarily of vintage toys, pinball latter frequently arranged in classical poses), Charles sought to bring pictorial majesty and wonder to the studio on West Broadway, is noted not only for the glasslike surface of his works, conceived largely in oil, but also use of bright colours and illuminated subject matter captivate the viewer’s imagination. TROWBRIDGE GALLERY www.trowbridgegallery.com 16 Bridge for Design Winter 2014