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Artist Statement The eye and the mind are expressed as a comprehensive system called "Seeing". The various periods, investigations, and groups of art works are all in pursuit of "Seeing". The history of experience, imagination, and theory are tested in the works of art. I see esthetic virtue as similar to Aletheia in classical Greek. This concept of "Truth" embodied a context married to the un-hiding of nature. The basic meaning of alétheia in classical Greek is that of unhiddenness or unveiling. The love of landscape and cityscape I see as a primal recognition of home or source. Those of us who stop to admire the timeless beauty of special places, are refreshed from distraction. We renew our feeling of destiny and self. Just as genes define traits of our existence, I see landscape and cityscape as the book where our shared spirit is written. My play in most groups of paintings is to maintain the image as a picture, and let the gesture of hand tend toward modern abstraction. I use the craft of the painting to underline the metaphorical nature of light and object. Sometimes it is homage to the moment, other times, eluding to the infinite patterns echoed within these fragments of the universe. The Installations are an expression of my esthetic migration to a synthesis. This particular resolution freezes time as well as parts of separate visions. The start of my path in art was the physical organization of light in the discipline of painting. As an example The Big Picture Installation is 30 panels which are 20"x 30" each hung in a configuration of 6 columns and 5 rows. The approximate size of the complete installation is between 13' and 14' tall and 11' wide. The size and combination of images offers a new canvas able to encompass a greater scope. Some of the source materials are paintings originally created from 1965 through 2007. This work also depicts periods within my larger body of art. The mosaic of modular parts seems to be the motif best suited for crossing borders of media and expressing the greater view of my vision. Abstraction has always been part of the process. It is becoming more attractive as time goes on. In "showing" it has become apparent that a majority of the audience is blinded by the representational picture. I am tempted to focus on pure art in major abstract works. The new mosaic installations are going in that direction. I generally do not support only one way of working, but the abstract works are emerging as the dominant force in 2010.       © 2010 Glen River