One painting, diminishing light * twisight
The Underpass - Oil on canvas - 19 15/16" x 36in - 2011
It is hard to conceive of a center without a periphery. In art, like in our sight there is an interplay of these two zones that defines our attention to the subject. If art rests at center stage, residing solely in the focus of our attention, it will quietly disappear. Much like when we stare at something, it fades away and we grasp nothing. For it isn't a dichotomy between the center and the periphery. It is more so the entrance onto center stage, a movement towards the center which grabs our attention, the transition and shift in emphasis which grabs our notice, and not so much a center of focus.
Art when it moves a subject onto center stage, allows us to perceive it anew, to focus our attention upon it as it has transitioned towards the center. We pay attention to shifts and movement, constantly seeking to place our focus where it is most likely needed. The center exists only in as much as the periphery surrounds it. Like a light lobe nestled into the abyss of night, beckoning to us to find form and possible shelter in its apparent clarity of some contained meaning.
Art when it moves a subject onto center stage, allows us to perceive it anew, to focus our attention upon it as it has transitioned towards the center. We pay attention to shifts and movement, constantly seeking to place our focus where it is most likely needed. The center exists only in as much as the periphery surrounds it. Like a light lobe nestled into the abyss of night, beckoning to us to find form and possible shelter in its apparent clarity of some contained meaning.
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