THE AGE OF STEAM
Harris/Harris Gallery, 1915 First Avenue, Seattle
September 2 thru October 2, 2021
ARTIST STATEMENT: The steam engine is the quintessential symbol of the Industrial Revolution, the fearsome and immensely powerful agent of change that linked coasts, devastated forests and buffalo herds, and even standardized time. The networks that railroads created were an earlier, physical version of today’s electronic internet – for better, or worse. And yet, unlike the cyber world, the train has a dramatic and even theatrical physical presence with all of its force and moving parts in plain view. My paintings explore the two sides of this critical machine – its identity as a giant, mechanical sculpture which we cannot help but admire, and its capacity to forever alter the landscapes and people it encounters.
View finished and sketch paintings in my show at the Harris/Harvey Gallery here
Register for my Zoom Gallery Talk on Saturday, September 18, 2021 at 2pm PST here
September 2 thru October 2, 2021
ARTIST STATEMENT: The steam engine is the quintessential symbol of the Industrial Revolution, the fearsome and immensely powerful agent of change that linked coasts, devastated forests and buffalo herds, and even standardized time. The networks that railroads created were an earlier, physical version of today’s electronic internet – for better, or worse. And yet, unlike the cyber world, the train has a dramatic and even theatrical physical presence with all of its force and moving parts in plain view. My paintings explore the two sides of this critical machine – its identity as a giant, mechanical sculpture which we cannot help but admire, and its capacity to forever alter the landscapes and people it encounters.
View finished and sketch paintings in my show at the Harris/Harvey Gallery here
Register for my Zoom Gallery Talk on Saturday, September 18, 2021 at 2pm PST here
TOP: "Last Act," 30" x 60", Oil on Panel BOTTOM: "Shadow Play," 30" x 40", Oil on Panel
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