It speaks to the things that aren’t said. There’s a story that’s not being told, which adds a layer of interest to the pieces
It speaks to the things that aren’t said. There’s a story that’s not being told, which adds a layer of interest to the pieces
Gabriela Dombille’s thought-provoking Preserve Collection asks questions about our relationship to nature and about our often-deadly fascination with the mechanics of beauty and of life itself.
“I find myself working from a combination of observation, memory, and intuition.”
We quickly find ourselves in hypnagogic territory, sorting real, unreal, and surreal at the edges of a dream.
“Even if it’s just the way the light is hitting a glass or a strange assortment of items on a table or power lines swooped in front of a house. And really these moments of beauty can be fleeting so it feels nice to capture them somehow. “
“The images for these paintings weave and intermingle in my mind and present themselves as a mélange of overlapping histories.”
I am beyond grateful for the chance to discuss the beautifully mysterious paintings of Simon Quadrat.
I felt the need to create beautiful images, nurturing, reflecting, mentoring. The Tsiporas became pregnant – pregnant with life, pregnant with hope and appreciation for all we have had and need to continue to create – To heal our beautiful world…
The recurring faceless figures that can be found across his paintings attest to the felt anonymity of the system we are all a part of.
“For me, Art is a cry of joy that delivers me from anguish.”