GC Myers- A Journey Begins
One of the interesting things about doing Gallery Talks, especially when there are a number of people who have followed your work for a while, is the feedback I get about the direction of my work or what has come or gone in it in recent times. I hadn’t even noticed until someone asked that my Red Chair was lacking from the walls of the Principle Gallery and upon thinking about it I realized that it had not appeared often in recent times. I wasn’t surprised. After doing this for a while, I’ve come to understand that themes and imagery cycle in and out of my work, attaching for a while to my psyche then falling to the back, only to resurface at a later time.
GC Myers- Night Watch
But having someone raise that point prodded me a bit and that Red Chair is in my mind again. I have a few images swirling that will soon be out, I am sure. But it also made me go back through my files looking for that Red Chair. 2002 was the high water mark for its appearance, especially in interior scenes painted in that style I refer to as my Dark Work— dark blues and greens over a black base. Several of them remain with me and are among that work with which I will not part.
But I thought it would be interesting to show how a series of specific imagery, in this case the Red Chair, goes through a specific time period, how certain elements are added or highlighted or fall away. The one constant is the weight that the Red Chair brings to each image. There is a tangible sense of presence in each, as though the Red Chair alive and contemplating in the moment. I think that is the appeal for me in these pieces– they don’t feel like still lifes but more like portraits.
Anyway, here is how the Red Chair moved through 2002:
GC Myers- Galvanic Memory
GC Myers- Little Red Riding Chair
GC Myers- Inner Sanctum
GC Myers- An Inward Look
GC Myers- Small Piece pf the World
GC Myers- Reason to Believe
GC Myers- Introspection
Redtree Times 