Next Show

Annual Holiday Show and Sale
at the Melrose Bay Gallery, OPENING RECEPTION
Friday, November 16th, 6-10 PM
This is a great party to start your holiday season with a reception across the road at Bellamy Road Gallery also that night. Come out to Melrose.

Melrose Bay Art Gallery
103 SR-26 at Centre Street
PO Box 36
Melrose, Florida 32666
Tel. 352-475-3866
Hrs. Fri 3-7 | Sat 10-6 | Sun 1-5
www.MBAGallery.SmugMug.com
I work one Sunday of each month
from 1 to 5, come visit.

Show Information

The reason why the show is called Painted Dreams is because the best way I can describe my painting process is to compare it to dreaming. You do not decide exactly what will happen in a dream, it emerges from your thoughts, concerns and experiences. Forms and sometimes narratives emerge from my painting process, as well. I do not do preliminary sketches or studies, images appear from my layering, textures and gesture marks. Although I work intuitively, I intend for my paintings to focus on the positive and bring beauty into the world.

As with dreams, my paintings have recurring symbols one of which is a bird. To me, birds symbolize freedom because of their flight, nurturing and love because of their frailty and joy from their song. For this exhibit I am doing something I have never done before. And that is write a short poetic statement about each piece to put into words my thoughts and feelings about what developed in the painting. These words are often as ambiguous as the paintings and still leave viewers room to form their own interpretations. They are free to dream also.

Please come to the opening reception. There will be tasty edibles, live jazz and imaginative paintings. A feast for the senses and mind.