"two doorways"
in a recent feature on the winsor gallery in vancouver i shared one work by artist john webster. willow visited and mentioned how much like a photograph this particular painting was . . .
and i decided that i'd look a little further into john's work. i love work like john's that takes the wallpaper of our surroundings and elevates it through the magical mystery of skill, insight, and creativity into art. john paints with his partner valerie roos webster near burnstown, ontario a little community located on the madawaska river that has a bit of an arts community.
his work seems to move in two complimentary directions - openings that are defined by natural light and larger openings that are defined by artificial light. those lit by natural light seem to lead towards a sacred or family space.
"ornate entrance"
those lit artifically seem to lead to rougher-edged places. "night street" 
here are some more of john's amazing paintings:
"white facade"
"overpass"
"building with black shutters"
a detailed biography and links to more of john's work can be found here.
2 comments:
You hit me right between the eyeballs here, Steven, with this post and your illustrative examples of some of John Webster's paintings.
What impressed me even more, however - and I hope you will forgive my unadulterated praise - is your own wonderfully-unique descriptive phraseology ... ... in particular, THIS sentence ... "I love work like John's that takes the wallpaper of our surroundings and elevates it through the magical mystery of skill, insight, and creativity into art."
Thank you for this post ... and thank YOU, Steven, for being here. You are - truly - a serendipitous find.
i goldenrod, thanks for the very comlimentary compliments!!! i write the way i speak. sometimes the way i speak leaves people wondering / unsure / unclear. that's a function of the fact that i have an internal dialogue that informs my external dialogue. that doesn't always work well for others. thanks for dropping by!! steven
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