Its color and harsh, scolding call remind me of the Blue Jays that were everyday visitors back east. The Steller Jay's blue wings and tail and black body with a crested head are startlingly beautiful, standing out among the less grand visitors to my feeders.
Joe Garcia lives in a forested mountain town in Southern California, familiar with the nuances of light and the characteristics of changing seasons. In Winter Blues, blue shadows on snow and the black stems of shrubs nearly hide a Steller's Jay taking off in flight. Garcia's composition emphasizes the forward motion of the jay on the wide horizontal canvas, with minimal shadows on the left, building up to the intense shadows and shrub from which the bird emerges into the light.
Jeremiah D. Welsh compacts the depths of the watery world of a stream into his low relief bronze sculpture, Northern Torsion -Pike and Bull. The pike, emerging from the lily pads, commands the center of the composition with the frog propelling itself away by pushing a foot against the pike's open mouth.
Welsh writes about the intimate scene of danger presaging a more global disaster. "With a swirl of dark water, the trajectories of two extraordinary predators-invasives and cannibals alike-collide and entwine. Then with a splash and an undulation of ripples, the watery curtains close with seeming resolution. Yet all is not well. Whatever the outcome of the encounter, ecological balance is evidenced as being skewed one small step further from center and the narrowing of species is made manifest. The slope that we have set our world upon is a slippery one and Nature harkens to us to heed its signs of warning..."
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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.
