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\nThis spring I will have five paintings from The Nature of Being<\/a><\/i> on view at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC<\/a>) spring members show, Transformation<\/i>. Using the shapes, rhythms, patterns, and colors of nature, these abstract oil paintings explore questions of existence, belief, personal philosophy, time, and the layered narrative of consciousness we maintain throughout a lifespan.<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \n \n \n<\/p>\n \nThe paintings on this panel explore how we are transformed by time and experience, regarding the self as ongoing, fluid, and open to change.\n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \nBased on two overlapping leaves, this painting considers how new beginnings grow out of past experiences, as in the cycles of the seasons. Trees are nourished by the leaves dropped in the fall, giving them the strength and resilience to bloom again the following spring. As humans, we stand on the shoulders of those who came before, and we must be mindful we did not get where we are alone, taking care to give support to the future.\n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \nLooking at the phyllotactic pattern of leaf growth like notes in an arpeggiated scale, we can see the music of nature. Music does not exist without time, and so too are the moments of our lives more meaningful over the melody of time. The more connected we are to the rhythms and patterns of nature, the more harmonious our existence may be.\n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \nEnvisioning the paths we might have taken in our lives as wormholes or pathways through the multiverse, this painting also evokes our primordial origins and the transformations every living thing has taken throughout time to get to the present moment.\n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \nThe paintings on this panel look to nature as a guide for how to appeal to our better natures, learning lessons and gaining insight from flexibility, openness, and receptivity to experience.\n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \nInspired by undulating sedge grass underwater and light dancing on its surface, this painting is a reminder to embrace qualities of fluidity and allow experiences to change us. As we become more permeable to other people and the world, we gain more of ourselves in reflection.\n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n Mae West said, “I’ll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to be sure.” This painting uses tropical-colored symmetry and exuberant leaf forms to celebrate the joy of being bold and finding adventure everywhere… then doing it again.\n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \nTransformation<\/i> is on view every weekend May 12 through June 17, 1-6pm, with a Meet the Artists Opening Day Reception on May 12th and live music and performances every weekend.\n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \nBrooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition \n \n<\/p>\n \n
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Panel 258, featuring Origin Stories<\/a>, Arpeggio<\/a>,<\/i> and What Might Have Been<\/a><\/i>
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Origin Stories<\/i>, 2017, 24″x24″x1.5″, oil on canvas<\/center>\n<\/p>\n
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Arpeggio<\/i><\/a>, 2017, 24″x24″x1.5″, oil on canvas<\/center>\n<\/p>\n
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What Might Have Been<\/i><\/a>, 2017, 24″x24″x1.5″, oil on canvas
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Panel 259, featuring Permeability<\/i><\/a> and Try Everything Twice<\/i><\/a>
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Permeability<\/i><\/a>, 2017, 30″x40″x1.5″, oil on canvas
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Try Everything Twice<\/i><\/a>, 2017, 24″x30″x1.5″, oil on canvas
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\n481 Van Brunt Street, Door 7
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