FLOWING WORLD

CLAY VAJGRT

"The 20th century artist Mark Rothko defined art’s purpose to ”distill all experiences down to their essential unity”. I find this experience of “wholeness” in the mostly natural world around me. I don’t see it as a static experience. I find the most joy in being outdoors. I notice the sunlit scenes of the landscape as they cascade down around me and I feel the vibrations of the ever-shifting quality of life. I sense more than meets the eye and so I expand these windows of the visible to include the unseen forces of nature. Exposure to natural phenomenon and the beauty of the landscape provide me with ample inspiration for my paintings.  I internalize the world around me as I see it dissolve into light, color, and movement. I try to capture the buzzing vibrational atmospheres of places with my palette knives, brushes, and sometimes fingers. The widescreen fields of the flowing energy of life are what I wander in for the experience of unity." ~ C. Vajgrt

ARTIST RECEPTION: WEDNESDAY, JUL 21 5:30 - 7P

venue:  2223 Restaurant

2223 Market St. (16th) SF, CA

On exhibit through SEP 7