Mid year, the de Young Museum held an open call receiving over 11,500 art submissions and choosing only 877 pieces to showcase. Imagine my glee when it was announced that my new piece, Stealthy Resplendence, was one of the chosen pieces to be in a de Young Museum exhibit this year by a jury of museum curators and renowned artists!
The museum is now open and The de Young Open Exhibit opening is Saturday, October 10th and can be viewed with general admission through January 3rd, 2021. I hope you will take the opportunity to experience this unique exhibit of Bay Area Artists. Most of the artwork in the exhibit is available for purchase, including my piece, and will be live for purchase on the day of the opening. You may preview all of the works online, in advance of the opening and read more about the exhibit.
The de Young Open de Young Museum, San Francisco CA Oct. 10th, 2020 - Jan. 3, 2021 WEB GALLERY
Here is my statement when asked “What inspired this piece?”:
“Isolation in a studio allows for an ample flow of creative thought. That is, until the ineludible appearance of the studio fly; darting about and commanding attention every moment it landed at rest and seemingly to study me. It was persistent, consistent, and impossible to ignore. During those moments of rest I studied the way the light glistened from the brilliant iridescence of it’s thorax. Thus, I found the largest canvas I had in my possession and rendered the likeness of this ordinary turned extraordinary creature in the glorified and larger than life state depicted in this series.”