Between the Sea and the Sun— Now at West End Gallery
I am part of the sun as my eye is part of me. That I am part of the earth my feet know perfectly, and my blood is part of the sea. My soul knows that I am part of the human race, my soul is an organic part of the great human soul, as my spirit is part of my nation. In my own very self, I am part of my family. There is nothing of me that is alone and absolute except my mind, and we shall find that the mind has no existence by itself, it is only the glitter of the sun on the surface of the water.
– D.H. Lawrence, Apocalypse, 1930
Just a reminder that there only THREE DAYS left to see my solo exhibit, Persistent Rhythm, at the West End Gallery in Corning. The show comes down at the end of the day this Thursday, August 29th.
I am proud of the work in this show and feel it might well be one of my most cohesive shows, meaning that I didn’t feel as though there was a drop off in quality or expressiveness throughout the group. Each piece had its own lifeforce, its own message, that added to the group as a whole.
I’ve always adhered to the paint the paintings you want to see theory which basically means that there are things you have a need to see in art sometimes that you’re not seeing so it’s up to you to create them. That was pretty much why I began painting and it holds true to this very day. I think this show exemplifies that idea. This show has an overall feel and look that is what I have hoped to come across in the past in looking at the work of others.
Something that would satisfy a need inside me. Feed the soul, as it were.
And it does. Plus, it just looks damn good to my eye. But that’s just me, of course.
Here’s a tune from an artist of which you most likely are unaware. His name is Davy Graham who died in 2008 at the age of 68. He was a British folk/Baroque guitarist who had a style of playing that made him very influential among players in the 1960’s, Paul Simon, Richard Thompson, and Jimmy Page among them. I thought the song below, Rif Mountain, lined up well with the painting at the top from my show and the passage from D.H. Lawrence below it.
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