Secular Art

            In his last year in Eau Claire (1982) Glocar reflected on his life. “What can you say about an old man with an ugly story and an obsession about city lights and people and a heart that is never quiet when it pulses to the rhythm of the brush”. That brush was the tap-root to that heart and the results can be seen in the many landscapes, cityscapes, florals and icons the artist completed in over forty years before the easel.

            Glocar’s style was largely influenced by the Impressionists, but later in life he experimented with Post-Impressionism, Expressionism and even Abstraction. He used the expressive power of color to unlock not only a visual sensation in the viewer, but an emotional response as well.

            By using richly applied pigments primarily with a palette knife, he produced a variety of textures suggesting depth and vibrancy on his canvases. Color supplanted line allowing the pigments to blend, creating a visual unity and spontaneous impression. The color of the atmosphere in many of his pictures provides an added unity by suggesting a certain mood.