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Herald Nix "7," nd

Closing Reception, Thursday September 15th, 5-8

“Each panel, the same size and exact view line the gallery walls.  About a quarter of the way through the editing process, it dawns on me that these are not paintings about the land.  These paintings are something completely different.  They’re about the interaction of paint and colour, the addition and subtraction of oil.  They’re about the quiet moments in stained colour interrupted by a thick brushstroke; a momentary explosion of energy referencing a cloud or ripple across the lake.  They’re about toiling with the medium, scratching, carving, mimicking the Japanese wood block prints Nix admires and collects.  They’re instinctual, painterly, honest and beautiful. There is something magical that happens here that only the committed repetition and absolute dedication to the application of paint can explain. These paintings are authentically Herald Nix.” Jarvis Hall