HAS BEEN PAINTING IN THE DECORATIVE ARTS FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS.  A MUSICIAN AS WELL, HE LIVES INNEW YORK AND HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY SUCH ARTISTS AS NAGEL AND WARHOL AND LICHTENSTEIN.  HE CREATES A BLACK AND WHITE WORLD OF SINGULAR SUBJECT IN WHICH THE VIEWER IS THE CONTRIBUTOR OF COLOR AND ACCOMPANIMENTS OF LIFE.

 “ORIGINAL ART IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE…TO PRESENT THE WORLD AND ITS SURROUNDINGS IN A NEW AND EXCITING WAY IS THE GOAL OF ANY ARTIST.  THE ENTIRE WORLD IS LIGHT AND SHADOWS, AT TIMES, ONE MORE THAN THE OTHER.  I HOPE THAT I HAVE REFLECTED THAT WITH STRONG BRUSH STROKES AND THE LIMITED USE OF COLOR.”    

WORKING IN ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, A. MANN IS PERFECTING WHAT HE LIKES TO CALL DISTANCE ART.  DISTANCE ART IS EXACTLY THAT: ART THAT IS TO BE VIEWED AT A DISTANCE.  UP-CLOSE, THE IMAGE IS UNCLEAR AND UNDEFINED.  AT A DISTANCE, HOWEVER, THE BOLD BRUSH STROKES GIVE LIFE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER AND WITH THE PROPER LIGHTING, THE PAINTING COMES ALIVE AND CHANGES WITH LIGHTING AND VIEWING POSITION.