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House. Home.

The show is almost here, so I thought I might post a few more images of the work that will be there. To see the rest, you'll just have to go to Art Access and take a look. Or wait until I post those images as well.

The title of the show is "House. Home." The individual works are titled with a word that describes something that affects who we become as we are raised in a house or home and the address of where the house actually is.

Here's the official artist statement:
I have always been interested in architecture. What intrigues me most is the geometry. It is fascinating to see cities and suburbs of harsh lines and shapes stacked and spread into an organic space.

We seek shelter in those shapes. What happens inside of them defines and molds us.

I teach high school. All three grades. After four years I have had over a thousand students. Each day when school is over, they return to their place of shelter.

As I become acquainted with my students, I become acquainted with who they are. They are all incredibly different.

When talking to them, I am careful about what I say. There is no mention of parents until I am sure they have them. No asking for payment of fees until I know they can. No asking about Halloween until I know they celebrate.

Knowing so many young people has often led my mind into tangents about what goes on behind the brick and stucco. There are layers. Not only of paint, but of people.

Those layers affect who each of these people are. They will add their own layers of similitude, rebellion, experience, joy, memory, etc.

My work is about those layers.


Doubt, 129 W 400 N Salt Lake City
35" x 35" mixed media



Play
35" x 35" mixed media



Change, The Avenues, Salt Lake City
35" x 35" mixed media




Identity
35" x 35" mixed media





Anticipation, 8500 W 2700 S, Magna Utah
35" x 35" mixed media




Loss, 8710 W 2700 S, Magna
35" x 35" mixed media




1110 E 3rd Avenue, Salt Lake City
12" x 12" mixed media




918 E Logan Avenue, Salt Lake City
12" x 12" mixed media




800 North, Rose Park
5" x 5" mixed media




11th Avenue, Salt Lake City
5" x 5" mixed media




2972 Merton Way, Magna
5" x 5" mixed media



536 E 11th Avenue, Salt Lake City
5" x 5" mixed media

Next up: Solo show at Art Access, February 19, 2010

Aspiration, 1558 Michigan Avenue, Salt Lake City
35" x 35" mixed media

Origin, 3206 S 9100 W, Magna
35" x 35" mixed media

When Camille and I moved to Salt Lake we quickly became fascinated with the neighborhood. We regularly go on walks just to enjoy the variety of vernacular and styled architecture that each home reflects. We have since found out that Camille's family has long been tied to the Avenues and Capitol Hill neighborhoods, which made them even more interesting. I began to think about the layers of each home. The coats of paint. The changing exteriors. The history that has taken place inside the walls. The interest has spread from our own neighborhood into the burrows of Rose Park and further west into Magna. The work for the Art Access show will explore what has happened and continues to happen inside the homes that make up our immediate micro-societies. Just like the home and its history, the work is built with layers- some that are telling and some that are obscure. The layers come from what I learn as I listen to family stories, stories from people who have lived in this area for decades, and stories from the youth that will soon be adding an additional layer of their own.

The 35 x 35 show is just about here. The show features 35 Utah artists under the age of 35. This is the next generation of Utah art. The show opening is Friday September 18, 6:00-9:00 p.m. at Finch Lane Gallery. The address is 1325 E 100 S, SLC. Hope to see you there.

The 24 Hour show opening was great. As usual Kayo Gallery had a good crowd. The work below will be hanging there, along with work by seven other artists, through the third week of September. Kayo is at 177 East 300 South, Salt Lake City.

House on 4th North, SLC

12" x 12"
Acrylic on panel

House in the Avenues
12" x 12"
Mixed media on panel

House in Magna
12" x 12"
Mixed media on panel

Eureka Chapel
12" x 12"
Acrylic on panel

House on 6th North, SLC
12" x 12"
Acrylic on panel

Salt Lake Warehouse
12" x 12"
Acrylic on panel

Muenster, Germany
12" x 12"
Mixed media on panel
(sold)

Magna House #2
12" x 12"
Mixed media on panel

The Elephants Go Marching on 2nd South
12" x 12"
Mixed media on panel

House on Center Street
12" x 12"
Acrylic on panel

585 North Wall Street, SLC
12" x 12"
Mixed media on panel

Berlin
12" x 12"
Acrylic on panel

Portland
12" x 12"
Mixed media on panel

Mark your calendars . . .

8 Artists 24 Hours
Kayo Gallery
177 East 300 South Salt Lake City
Show opening Friday July 21
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

To Fill the Measure
Justin Wheatley

Experiencing the power of art:

My wife and I met Duston Todd at the local market. We were amazed by his work. His photography mums the argument that photography is not art. We approached Duston about making a trade and he agreed. Turns out he had been wanting an artist to depict an experience that only he and his family truly understood. The result was a great experience of input and interpretation, and the painting above. Duston describes the experience on his blog:
http://dustontodd.blogspot.com/search/label/ramblings