Yesterday I needed to pay my bank a visit, to sort some things out and after that, I went to my favorite art gallery and visited two exhibitions as last week they inaugurated the new ones. These exhibitions last two weeks and then comes a new one and there are two levels, so each month I have 4 exhibitions, for free. Yes, I know, I'm lucky.
Before I start the story, a mandatory photo of this place, which I always take as I can't resist temptation. Look at this place. How can you not take a photo each time? I just love it, but let's get to the story I want to share with you.
The title of my posts says Fresh Paint and it is for a good reason. At this exhibition you could see paintings made by the eleventh grade art school students. Every year they get a chance to exhibit their work for free in this gallery, which is a fantastic chance for them.
When I stepped in the gallery, I could smell the smell of fresh paint and was thinking of the saying: You smell like fresh paint, which is used to describe rookies, or rookie cops. The saying applies here very well, and it is true from every point of view as there was fresh paint and the painters were rookies too as they are at the beginning of their (potential) career as an artist.
This gallery is open from Monday to Friday between 9am to 1pm, which is why there's no crowd, unless you go on Thursday afternoon, when the openings are held. So I can say, I rarely meet anyone and that's exactly what I want, to be able to take photos as I please.
Yesterday I heard there was someone else in the gallery and at some point, an old gentleman came towards me and asked me if he's the only one bothered by the poor light. I told him I can turn on the light for him, which I happily did. Then the old gentleman stopped in front of a certain painting and told me, his granddaughter has painted that. I don't know if you can understand the emotional side of the story. Imagine the grandfather standing in front of a painting in a gallery, painted by his granddaughter. You should have seen the face of the man. I'm not going to tell you which painting it was though, let's respect their privacy, but I'm going to show you many interesting and lovely paintings.
The beauty of the exhibition was that there were no titles, none of the painting had a title, so they let the viewers play the guessing game. When I saw this landscape, my first thought was Vincent Van Gogh, for the evident brush strokes and the colors. A bit more yellow at the grass part would have brought the painting closed to Van Gogh, but this wasn't the intention, this is just something I was thinking of.
Some bird and the long wings symbolizes power? You tell me.
I'm guessing this is a gulch, or could be one, with the vegetation that sometimes comes with these and the light getting weaker the deeper you go.
Looking at the paintings, I was wondering what was the topic they were given, or if there was a topic at all and so was the grandfather, but as I look at the paintings, I can say still life (you'll see later) and maybe music?
This painting made me think as for a moment I seemed to recognize this building, but at a closer look, I had to admit, it wasn't the same as the building I thought of. Maybe some parts are like the original and some parts are fictional, but it's a nice one.
If I were to say one word about the artworks here, that would be colorful. I've never seen paintings this colorful, but it's not a bad thing at all. This is the time for them to experiment and try to find their way to a certain style.
Tell me what do you think about these paintings and if you have a favorite.
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