The final exhibition of the 2024 season at the Old Schoolhouse Gallery invites us to Paths of Beauty. These works by six artists: Lisa Gibbons, Karen McDiarmid, Donna Naven, Jane Newman, Amy Robertson and Brigid Weiler invited me to think about “what is beauty in art?”
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Deep Breath, the exhibition of work by Andrea Padovani currently being shown at the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery, is a lesson in inspiration. The word is from the Latin—inspirare—meaning to breathe in or blow into. In art, inspiration is a power that cannot be commanded, but when present, moves the intellect and emotions with a sudden sense of awe. In considering how to look at Andrea’s work, I discovered that the titles of his paintings were a guided tour into the indicators of inspiration.
Continue reading Deep Breath: the work of Andrea PadoviniAndrea Padovani is a professional artist who has been living on Cortes for much of the last 17 years, but there is a sense in which his show ‘Deep Breath,’ which opens in the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery this Friday, is his introduction to the larger island community.
He explained, “I have a problem expressing my real deep feelings in a conversation, if you really want to know me, look at my paintings. That this really represents a hundred percent of what I am.”
Cortes Currents: Do you find people get it?
Andrea Padovani: “10 percent.”
Continue reading Deep Breath: How Andrea Padovani Sees Cortes IslandEven though art has been a continuing human dialog across thousands of years, and has been shaped and edited by cultural, political and commercial interests, art is meditation. Good art never stops revealing itself: in the process of its making, in the depth of its narrative, in the revelation of its mystery. These qualities of process, depth and revelation are key to profound meditation. Buddha is a Principle, currently exhibited by Tamara Dawn at the Old Schoolhouse Gallery, shows us how to overcome what we think we know about art, and celebrate what we don’t yet know.
Continue reading At the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery: Buddha is a PrincipleEar to Ocean by Ebony Rose, is currently on exhibit at the Old Schoolhouse Gallery. This show is an opportunity to ‘change it up.’ Ebony Rose is inviting us challenge our notions about how art and space relate.
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