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Menlo Macfarlane
"The dynamics of shape,
form, space, time and the illusion of movement taught to me by
my teachers interact and inform my art, just as they did in my
years as a dancer. My choreography unfolds across a flat surface
of a canvas or a piece of handmade paper. I create a visual
drama around a company of my own mythical figures that I immerse
in a theatre constructed of texture, line, color and descending
values of light. My own cast of characters continually reappear
as I develop new pieces. They take on a different roles just as
actors and dancers do in the theatre. One character in the
company, "Raphael" appears alone in her portraits; performs solo
in "She went to town once in her life and bought a hat…." And
then reappears with other members of the company in "Soon It
Will Be Time To Visit The Thief " and other pieces..."
Click here to
step into Menlo's studio; menloart.com
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Leah Wilson
I am floating
on the water. I am submerged, moving with it, a part of it. I
am not a spectator on the bank. I am a participant. As the
paintings develop, they go through many changes. They are not
preconceived compositions, but rather intuitive responses to
marks of paint on the surface of the panels. The process
directs the painting through the simplification and
clarification of its elements, yet the paintings are not merely
a documentation of the process used to create them. Marks are
made. Then they are suppressed, melting into the surface under
layers of paint or obscured by sanding and
other means, or they are allowed to rise to the surface, being
enhanced and given an emphasis. Through this process, a place
is created. Within this place, within the illusion of space and
time, an event occurs. Decisions are made to echo the concrete
natural world - the effect of light, movement and rhythms of its
elements. The elements, especially water, provide a framework,
a reference to return to in the decision making process. In the
words of author Tom Robbins, water is - ‘Always in motion,
ever-flowing (whether at steam rate or glacial speed), rhythmic,
dynamic, ubiquitous, changing and working its changes, a
mathematics turned wrongside out, a philosophy in reverse….’ It
provides a perfect stage for a flee
And Never Emptied the Sky
2005 oil on muslin on panel
35" x 40"
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Brook
Caballero |
Matt
Gottchalk |
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The Path
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Ben Veerling |
Jessica Henry |
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Other Artists With Studios At Saint
Josephs:
Keith Dailey
Zack Hill
Jeffery Thorsby
Cody Fieler
Marni Marshall
Beverly Robinson
Kate Unger
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