Talking Landscapes at D&R Greenway
This afternoon I participated in an artist panel discussion about the “personal landscape” at D&R Greenway, a land preservation non-profit organization in Princeton, NJ. Below is a view of approximately half of the main gallery, with my two pieces hanging along the left wall. Curator Jack Koeppel opened the discussion with an intro to D&R Greenway and explained why he felt that art was important to the mission of “The Greenway.” Mel Leipzig added some commentary about the nature of landscape painting and also about the social relevance and impact of making art. Each of the seven artists on the panel then introduced themselves and spoke a little about their work, particularly as it relates to the concept of the personal landscape.
Although my work was perhaps least directly a “landscape,” these paintings in my Embodiment series are indeed about how our “selves” are related to our environment. Landscapes are an artist’s personal interpretation of the external world, and in that way these paintings are my interpretation of how we perceive the world.
Other artists on the panel included Mel Leipzig, Linda Pochesci, Harry Naar, Dan Finaldi, Jamie Greenfield, and Jan Applebaum.
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