Roman Loranc

A mighty showing of delicate and forceful places, of mythic landscapes and abstract compositions, Loranc's pictures caress one's mind and heart with his affection for place. Sadly absent from the gallery walls is Vallee's poetry, yet these pictures speak her thousand words.

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Growing up in his native Poland, Roman Loranc had a huge interest in photography, but little access to decent, affordable cameras. At eighteen he took a trip to Russia, and fell in love with a TTL - the Russian copy of a Nikon.

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There is a point in the creative process where a personal journey meets the road traveled by everyman--the crossroad where art becomes universal. Roman Loranc, Polish born, has traveled far to find his landscape--the Central Valley of California. In the tradition of Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, he creates images that are richly toned, lush and exquisite.

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Over the course of his or her lifetime, a reviewer encounters a wide variety of books. Most are good. Some are excellent. A select handful are cherished, forever, and are eagerly shared with family and close friends. Two-Hearted Oak is such a volume. This is, quite simply, the finest book by a contemporary artist that I have ever reviewed.

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Ansel Adams may have had no equal in photographing most of California's natural beauty, but he met his match in the Central Valley. ``I have returned from 1,000 miles of haze, smog . . . general dullness . . .'' Adams wrote after one extended visit. ``It might be rich, but it ain't attractive.'' It would take 50-odd years and the eyes of an outsider to prove Adams wrong.

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