125SHOW PREVIEWtime and evolves as I get more distance.”
According to Thomas, “Portraiture has been a
longstanding tradition in painting. I have often
used them as a means to describe ways of depicting
not just the sitter, but more often, to describe the
viewer.” Hunt and Observance, he explains, “deal
with not just the ways in which the black figure
has been perceived in history but also the newer
ways in which contemporary painting has been
depicting the subject. Of course, we also have
newer audiences and these new ways of discourse
have become more integral to the development of
the artist/public relationship.”
Béjar’s figurative works, including Desde La
Cuna and Embarcados, “trap you, submerge you
into a perfect and quiet world, but they disturb
you and move you. They are full of lies and truths
of feelings which are blatantly hidden.” Each
piece has a unique and personal story, with the
artist’s technique helping to “express feelings and
ironic situations.”
Mirrors of Desire will hang through September 24.
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Mary Jane Ansell,
Invincible III, oil on
aluminum panel,
23½ x 15"
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Jamie Wyeth,
Matinicus, charcoal,
colored pencil,
gouache, watercolor
on rag board, 24 x 30"
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Phillip Thomas,
Observance, oil on
canvas, 36 x 24"