My solo show, Into the Common Ground, has been delivered and is now at the Kada Gallery in advance of its opening next Friday, December 5th. This painting, Refuge of the Heart, a 10″ by 30″ canvas, is one of the last pieces to be completed for this show and has the same sort of warmth in its color that runs through the entire show, a warmth that permeates the scene with a feeling of confidence and security.
And that is the feeling that I think we all desire for ourselves and our own hearts. We want to be safe and sure in our lives, to be needed and vital to other lives.
And there is something in this piece that holds that feeling for me. It could be the color. Or maybe it’s the light over the horizon or the rolling field rows or some other aspect that I can’t quite put my finger on.
Maybe its the shape of the small island on which the Red Tree grows that looks like a semi-submerged heart. It was seeing this shape that triggered the title, after all.
It could be any number of things but whatever the case, it is a piece that feels like a perfect place in which to let my own heart dwell.
Redtree Times 