Niagara Falls and Inspire: Beyond the Barrel 2018

This year for the 14th annual Beyond the Barrel exhibit the theme is "Inspire."  What is Art?  Why do people create Art?  From May 12 to July 29 the exhibit will present artwork that will portray the inspiration of various artists.  While it was not required of artists to do this, it should be intriguing to see how others understand the concept of inspiration and how it leads to the final conception--the work of Art itself.

I entered two works into the show, one of them is on exhibit for the first time, Self-Portraits.  Using a drawing that I completed a few years ago I decided to enlarge it on a 30" x 40" panel.  Portraits have been a source of inspiration in the Western Art heritage and I thought it was appropriate for this theme.

Self-Portraits; mixed-media on panel, 40" x 30"