Gary's Art Statement: I have been painting off and on for 25 years and my art has evolved. I have arranged my 'galleries' according to the aesthetic or philosophy or interest I had at the time.
Art Aimed at the Sublime: Kant's early essay on art proposes that we have two (related) aesthetic responses -- perception of the Beautiful, variety within order, and perception of the Sublime, variety without order or boundless. It's the different reactions we have to seeing a flower versus a mountainside of flowers. These paintings try to get at that feeling.
Linnear Art: After studying some of Degas' sketches, and thinking about his pursuit of 'the perfect line', I tried to create images reduced to straight lines. I formed a crowd composed of triangles, a carnival scene or intersecting lines, a sunny sky just blocks of color formed from lines. The technique produces a certain style -- something odd, sometimes humorous, a funny look.
Art Aimed at the Sublime: Kant's early essay on art proposes that we have two (related) aesthetic responses -- perception of the Beautiful, variety within order, and perception of the Sublime, variety without order or boundless. It's the different reactions we have to seeing a flower versus a mountainside of flowers. These paintings try to get at that feeling.
Linnear Art: After studying some of Degas' sketches, and thinking about his pursuit of 'the perfect line', I tried to create images reduced to straight lines. I formed a crowd composed of triangles, a carnival scene or intersecting lines, a sunny sky just blocks of color formed from lines. The technique produces a certain style -- something odd, sometimes humorous, a funny look.