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A group exhibit of three local artists, August 10-September 18, 2006.

 

Carroll Foster

"Go and find something or someone or just make it up and take a picture of it. Turn it upside down, pass it around and see what you come up with. I state that I do and don't know what I want all at the same time. This year I quit my job and went out on my own to stake my own place in the world. Now, there are no rules. Right? The ocean is deep and wide, the landscape vast and the canvas is white. "Sink or swim", a friend recently said. I replied, ìI think I'll swim to the bottom and look around a bit". I want to seek a new path and see things differently. So I think I will stay underwater and see where the current takes me. It will be dark and mysterious but beautiful as well. I call it full submersion into my work and my life. A rebirth into photography. These images are part of that rebirth. That is their connection. I enjoy them for their composition, color and the process in which it took to create them."

Stacey McAdams

"Paintings is my love, and photography and drawing are a major step in my creative process. The photography begins the process by capturing details of objects. Hundreds of photos are taken and slowly sifted through until the right one or ones are chosen as drawing/painting subjects. The drawings help familiarize myself with the object or objects and then the painting process begins. Through my photography, drawings and paintings, I want to show the world through details. Most people do not look at details of objects; they just look at an object as a whole or an object in its environment. I believe that these details bring an uniqueness and personality to the object. And the older these objects get, the more personality they possess. American Nostalgia visually interests me in two ways: what the world once was and the uniqueness it has over time. These objects are such a major part of our society but they usually go unnoticed. I try to enhance these objects and make them more important. To enhance their importance, I show details of them with intensified color and larger than real life. I hope that through my paintings, people will be able to see a world that they usually pass by, a world that exists and is incredibly interesting."

David McPherson

"When drawing a circle I have to begin and end in the same spot. Every journey begins and ends in the same spot as well. To make a circle round with one stroke you have to pay close attention to what you are doing without thinking about it. It involves a loose focus. These paintings are collages of failed attempts to make a perfect circle. These fields of color are the result of trying to get the right color. Each one shows through the one beneath it, and sometimes they make beautifully mistaken combinations. The blessing of this process and this life is that our mistakes sometimes give us more than we were asking for. All the mistakes Iíve made with brush strokes, color, medium consistencies, etc. are useful to the creation of these paintings. There is something less logical about these paintings and more intuitive. Curiosity has been a guiding force in my life. It has produced innumerable trials and joys over the years. It is what led me to be an artist. Over time I have realized that everything we create is a reflection of how we think and ultimately who we are. These circles are meant to participate with these fields of color and with this world, this moment. They have altered the way I see myself in this moment. Can they alter the world?"