In everything that can be called art there is a quality of redemption.
—Raymond Chandler, The Simple Art of Murder
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If you’re in the Corning area this afternoon, I will be giving a Gallery Talk at the West End Gallery beginning at 1 PM. My talks usually consist of some biographical background, a few stories about the paintings as well as some other things and honest answers to any questions asked of me. Oh, and it comes to an end with a drawing for the painting above, Destiny Bound.
I try to make it as entertaining and informative as possible, usually just speaking off the cuff. Sometimes there is a theme, other times there is not. I may have a theme for today and perhaps the quote from author Raymond Chandler points to what it might be. Or not. Maybe I just like and agree with this quote. Or maybe the talk will go ina completely different direction right from the start.
I won’t know until I’m standing there and open my mouth for the first time. These talks are kind of like my painting– sometimes I have an idea of where I want them to go and they go to a place I never saw coming. And sometimes those unexpected places are the most gratifying. So, we’ll see where we end up today.
Hope you can make it.
Redtree Times 