Otto Donald Rogers: New Work
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Gallery Jones 1-258 East 1st Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia V5T 1A6
Otto Donald Rogers, "Floating Bird Passage,"
acrylic on canvas, 48" x 42"
New work by Otto Donald Rogers will be on display at Gallery Jones in January and February. This concise grouping of paintings and wall sculptures are evidence of Rogers' continuing importance as a noted senior abstract painter in Canada, with a history of exhibiting that spans over sixty years.
The works here displayed came about as I approached and passed my eightieth year. In all that time I chanced upon a host of discoveries, each in its way a delight to the human heart.
Where the images came from and what their true meaning is remains unknown; compositions become potent enigmas without the full consciousness of their maker. It may seem like a contradiction that as structural clarity evolves the mystery of meaning deepens. I have realized that when pictorial unity is achieved a spirited 'confirmation' is present. The spiritual nature of that confirmation transcends the material/physical aspect of the work: we can understand perfection of form and expressive beauty of material, but the spirit is not confined to the material; hence, any confirmation simply brings the tantalizing mystery to the fore, giving a taste of that 'placeless place'.
-Otto Donald Rogers, 2018.