The Gallery at 38 Cameron

Beth Galston, Kelvy Bird and Lou Jones - 38 Cameron Avenue, Cambridge, MA - LINK - Map
October 2 - December 29, 2006 - Opening Reception Friday, Oct 13 from 6-9
Tues and Wed 12-5 or by appointment 617.492.2848 - STATEMENT

Row 1: Pulse 061, 062, 083 - Row 2: Pulse 058, 059, 060 - Row 3: Pulse 063, 081, 082
Gouache, oil pastel and beeswax on panel, 12 x 12 inches, 2006

Row 4: Pulse 050, 051, 052 - Row 5: Pulse 071, 073, 078 - Row 6: Pulse 074, 075, 076
Gouache, oil pastel and beeswax on canvas, 24 x 24 inches, 2006

PULSE (The Raven Series)

The story central to this work is that of human presence opening and unfolding. From a field of textured complexity, each painting evokes a moment of clarity when pure, implicit spirit comes to the fore.

An instinctive lens associates yellows with joy, lilacs/freshness, murky greens/comfort, browns/grounding, plums/longing, reds/love and whites/hope. The paint is caressed into place directly by hand wherever possible, as one would carefully mold dough for a summer fruit pie.

The directness of a circle within a square quite simply represents our self in relation to our environments. The line of the circle is the place of boundary, the edge that defines how we intersect with others and with the world.

These pieces seek to convey a truth that we hold a spectrum of emotional, mental, and physical realities that can both trap and free us, depending on our orientation. To deny deep longing or wild exuberance is to ignore a natural breadth of being. To think of ourselves as protected or separate from one another is to shut an ear to a subtle, yet persistent, whisper that we are all of one source.

If there were to be any message in this body of work, it would be that there is tremendous beauty to be gifted to one another by expanding our core vitality beyond our internal walls. To receive this message, abandon the construct of thought. Leave these words on the page in favor of intuition. Respond to the work from your heart.