Whether we experience a landscape in a pocket park in the city, our back yards or the vastness of the prairies, the mountains or the seashore, we absorb the sights, sounds and smell and become one with them. Sights, sounds and smells can bring the experience of the distant experience back to us.
Thomas McNickle writes, “When I confront the landscape, I am overwhelmed by the specificity of the moment, the place and the light. Through painting I try, not only to experience the moment, but to connect with it in a way that is outside the moment…timeless.
“I want my work to be evocative of the initial experience not descriptive of it. Ultimately, it must be of the experience not about it. I want the scene to take precedence over what I do and what I think I know.”
His painting, Blue Moon on the Scout Pond evokes the extraordinary experience of the world turned blue. Since I always want to know why, after experiencing the phenomenon from my tent while on retreat at the Prajna Mountain Forest Refuge north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, I did a little research. Our vision occurs through the rods and cones in the retina of the eye. In low light, vision comes from the rods that are sensitive to blue.
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FULL EXPOSURE
Photographer Conor Martin documents the present using photographic methods of the past.
Autumnal Light
The landscapes and nature scenes of painter Jennifer Sowders are irresistibly tactile, filled with varying textures that seem to leap off the canvas.
Art for All
Members of Art Dealers Association of America come together for a philanthropic affair.
Modern Marketplace
Redwood Art Group brings together the San Diego region for another class-act celebration of contemporary artwork.
An Enchanting Evening
Scottsdale Artists’ School knows how to throw an art party.
Timeless Tales
Soft, warm undertones underscore the mood of enchantment that runs through Nom Kinnear King’s paintings.
Next Exit New York
Coming off his series that focused on San Francisco and Los Angeles freeway signs, artist Eric Nash’s sights are now set on New York. Now on view at George Billis Gallery's Manhattan location are seven of Nash's new oil paintings and two drawings that explore the signage of New York City freeways. Although Nash's work is tightly rendered, he doesn’t consider himself a photorealist, but rather someone who utilizes those techniques to express ideas.
Monster Mash
Vampires, witches, ghouls and all things that go bump in the night are the theme of the exhibition Monster Mash, now at Abend Gallery.
Inside/Outside
Those familiar with Geoffrey Johnson's populated by inky figures and trailing shadows that bleed into the wet streets, and architectural elements obscured to varying degrees by the misty atmosphere.
Bold Figures; Bold Color
For Brooklyn based painter J Louis, it’s all about balance, which can mean many different things in a composition, but for Louis, it’s about balancing his female figures among a unique landscape of color.
