G A L L E R Y
A R C T U R U S
Happy Valentine Day
(Happy Birthday Floyd where ever you are)
Snowed In
It is somehow a very good reminder when nature asserts itself.
and we are called to accommodate.
Cold Bright Light
Collages by Eron Boyd
Being surprised by what is possible
These two collages were created by Sae Kimura. The top one was made on Tuesday at the gallery.
Because it was made there she felt that she had to finish it in the time we were working together.
On Wednesday morning we had a very long conversation about process and my mandate that
the piece is not done until you love it. She informed me that she was not satisfied with the
collage that she had made so I suggested that she make a photo copy of the collage,
take it apart and continue with it, not stopping until she was satisfied. The result is the lower collage.
It seems to me that there are moments in any creative process when it doesn't appear that it is coming together in a way that resonates.
It is easy to give up at that point but if you stay then you are challenged to be truly creative in the way you resolve it.
It is exciting to observe happening, as it moves towards completion.
Resurrecting the blog
Hello to you all. We have been on a rather long sabbatical
but are now back at our post, ready to share work findings
and daily discoveries with you, our most appreciated recipients.
Thank you for your patience, staying with us through a much needed rejuvenation period.
deborah and Sae
From the Land of the Rising Sun
Happy New Year
Batten down the hatches
Collage by deborah harris, using an image of Botero's sculpted head.
Playing with spaces
by Sae Kimura
by deborah harris
Season of the Reindeer
Photographs from the book 'GENESIS'
by Sebastiao Salgado
Friday's healthy suggestion
We are thinking about our dear friend Yayo.
"Hi Yayo!"
Tuesday with Picasso
Matador 1970 by Pablo Picasso
At the table
Painting by Mark Rothko
Love thy neighbour...
Liberty
crossing the desert
carrying what is left of the flag
face hidden beneath the stars.
Sheep huddle a distance behind
they do not know if she is friend or foe,
they don't remember when she was their shepherd,
when she kept them safe.
Liberty: freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
freedom from external or foreign rule; independence.
freedom from control, thinking, speaking , according to choice.
freedom from captivity, confinement, or physical restraint:
A long climb up
...and then what?
Musical Interlude
Joseph Lammirato generously constructs and installs his works on telephone poles
on streets in cities far and wide. He has created these new works and hung them on
the wall surrounding the outside courtyard at the gallery. It seems when you stand
next to them that you are seeing music written on the fence.
Please come and visit.
Improvisation on Chagall
Marc Chagall
The Bride and Groom of the Eiffel Tower (1938-39).
What the birds are wearing
Thank goodness it's Friday!
The Second Experiment
Collage by Sae Kimura
I have a little bit of headache
Collage by deborah harris
8 new works in collage gallery
By Eduard Zibnitski
The Cowgirls Visit
Installation in the main gallery
Charcoal drawing by Vivian Felsen
Waiting
Irresistible
finding a fragment of an image
left lying on the table.
Every semblance of identity removed
and what remains?
eye and nose, closely cropped
looking at a single point of focus, me
when I return that stare..
The face, incomplete
seeks another eye.
In paisley landscape what seems to be
an inward gaze and where the lines converge and twist
small circle, questioning, surprised,
a mouth
The features are expressed.
Without a body the face is a mask.
A body gives place to a face.
When it sits the face can nestle
drop in between the shoulders
chin slide towards resolve.
Hands
make agreement with visage
spontaneously sharing a language
known by habit.
Legs and arms are limbs from the same tree.
They may have sprouted from the head, roots
from the lima bean experiment in grade one.
The possibility of moving is in the feet
or of waiting
undecided,
to stay or to go.
Going is compact but serious.
Staying is inappropriate in the rough terrain
but tempting.
She could almost disappear in the surroundings
is porcelain against the rocks.
Light blushes crystal
bewitching time at sunset
sacred and auspicious,
to be here now.
dh
Harvesting Sunflowers
Photographs by Simeon Posen on exhibit in the photography gallery
In retreat
Mark Rothko, Woman Reading 1933
Moving towards the space between
It is observable that opposite colours
have a tension and a vibration between
them. A dynamic reverberation which
infuses the space between them.
Big Little Lion
This collage was made for a little big Leo friend, Oto, for his 4th birthday.
Big energy in a small body.
How do you know what you know?
A little bird told me so.
Just pretending to fish
We will resume the blog on Tuesday August 13th.
Be well.
