Diverse Approaches on Paper at the Impact Artists Gallery

The Great Debate; pencil on paper, 18" x 24"

The Impact Artists Gallery in Buffalo, NY is having its third show of diverse art forms on paper from July 3 - August 3.  One of my three drawings in the show is The Great Debate, which is the shorter title.  The original title is A Reflection upon the Debate about Free Will and Determinism, Employing the Arguments of William James and David Hume, Contending the Arguments of Baron D'Holbach and Jean-Paul Sartre.  In no way, however, should one construe the drawing as an attack on Continental Philosophy while endorsing the approach of Anglo-American thought.

Play Art Exhibit

Double-Play; pencil on paper, 20" x 15"

The Bridge Art Gallery at Strong Behavioral Health is presenting an Art exhibit "Play" from July to August, 2013.  One of my two drawings on display, Double Play, concerns the play of seeing the same event in two perspectives.  This reveals that one perspective may not be enough. 

Summer Show at Niagara Falls

Tales to Astonish; mixed-media on paper, 20" x 15"

The Niagara Arts and Cultural Center opens its Summer exhibit, Beyond the Barrel, on June 21 and it will run to August 25.  I entered two drawings in this show which theme this year is open.  

The drawing shown here contrasts the absence and presence of a figure; in this case, the famed Etruscan sculpture "The Mars of Todi."  In between is the so-called cafe wall illusion of parallel lines which appear crooked.

Last Show at High Falls Gallery

Fearful Symmetries; pencil on paper, 20" x 15"

The High Falls Gallery will have its last art exhibition, "Color," from May to June, 2013.  Many thanks to the director of High Falls, Sally Wood Winslow, for a great job keeping the center going for 20 years.  I am glad to have had the opportunity to show my drawings at HFG as well as in its last exhibit.

Spirit and Mind Art Show

I am participating in a show from March to May entitled "Spirit and Mind" at the Outside the Box Art gallery in Fairport, NY.  Scientific, mathematical, and technological ideas are the inspiration for the works shown.  It should be an intriguing exhibit, given the variety of approaches for such a venue.

Beyond Barriers Art Show

 

Juncture; pencil on paper, 14" x 18"

The Department of Psychiatry of the Office of Mental Health Promotion is sponsoring a show entitled “Beyond Barriers” at The Bridge Art Gallery at Strong Behavioral Health. The jurors selected two of my drawings for the exhibit which is scheduled for March to June, 2013.   One of my drawings, Juncture, consists of three impossible loops joining each other in an impossible way, going beyond the barriers of three-dimensional space and creating a new kind of figure.

Art for the 2013 JMM Conference

 

 

Still Life; pencil on paper, 15" x 20"

 

Jurors for the Joint Mathematics Meeting accepted this drawing for the art exhibition at the conference on January 9 – 12, 2013, which will be held in San Diego, CA.  The Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society sponsor this annual meeting.  JMM is the largest math conference worldwide and includes sessions on art and math as well as a display of art based upon mathematical approaches.

Fall National 2012 Show at the Impact Artists Gallery

 

The Altar Screen; pencil on paper, 20" x 15"

The Impact Artists Gallery in Buffalo, NY is exhibiting their Fall National 2012 show from October  31 - November 24.  Located at 2495 Main Street in the Tri-Main center, the gallery is one of several enterprises utilizing space at the old Trico plant.

The juror for the show, Norine Spurling, chose both of my submissions for display.  The one pictured here is The Altar Screen.  The curve of the screen is based upon the Golden ratio, the priest's robe is decorated with cross tessellations, and the far right icon alternates between foreground and background space.

Environmental Issues at Rochester Greenovation Community Gallery

The Secretary's Desk; pencil on paper, 24" x 18"

From October 20 to November 17 the Rochester Greenovation Community Gallery, 1199 E. Main Street in Rochester, is exhibiting artwork with themes of political, social, and environmental issues.  On the latter, I decided to enter The Secretary's Desk into the show. 

The Secretary’s Desk concerns the problem of extinction that goes along with evolutionary development.  Although extinction may be in the natural course of biological events, it is the case that there have been needless extinctions caused by human interference.  

How much this may damage the Earth’s ecosystems is difficult to say, but it is likely not worth the risk to continue in ignorance.  Noted within the drawing are extinct plant and animal species, a skull of Homo Sapiens warns of this possible future for ourselves.

21st Regional Artists Exhibition at the Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, NY

Still Life; pencil on paper, 15" x 20"

The Western New York Artists Group (http://www.wnyag.com/) sponsors a regional, juried exhibition of art each year.  The juror, Anthony Bannon, approved one of my two submissions for the show, the drawing Still Life.  I did not have a photograph of it (artists had to bring their work to the gallery for the jurying process) so I took one of it at the exhibition.  The staff hung it right near their front window and it was difficult to get a straight-on shot.  You can see a better photograph of it by clicking on Gallery I.  The show, on display at the Art Dialogue Gallery, One Linwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY, opened August 24 and will close September 28. 

The Schrodingers' Cats

The Schrodingers' Cats; pencil on paper, 15" x 20"

 

The Schrodingers' Cats is one of my four drawings in the online exhibition of the Next Big Idea SMART show (Science, Math, Art), http://www.nextbigideala.com/smart2012contestpage.

The SMART virtual show is a part of the September event held in Los Alamos, NM.  The virtual show, as its site comments, "...is an international competition, with its first successful round culminating at the 2011 Next Big Idea Festival."  The jurors require artists to present a scientific or mathematical principle in an artistic medium of choice.  

Here, Professor Schrodinger opens the box to check on the status of the cat, and their quantum world splits into two!  (No animals were harmed in the production of this drawing.)

Nightly News Report

 

                                             Nightly News Report; pencil on paper, 20" x 15"

A print of Nightly News Report will be on display at The Shoe Factory's "Fly Me to the Moon" exhibit this Summer.  The original medium is pencil on paper.  This print was made on bamboo paper, which helps to show the various grades of shading.