John Garrett Slaby

W. Center St.

2020

"Moonlight Magnolia" (2020) by Gail M. Boykewich Acrylic on wood panel, figurative, outdoors, landscape, skyscape, waterscape, portrait, two women holding one another, in the backgro...

"Door #32 (Stripes)" (2018) by Francesca Reyes Original oil, acrylic and tape on wood panel; measures 8" H x 6" W x 1" D From the artist's door series, de...

My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens when I am outside in large open spaces. Painted images act as a tool. I respond to the spaces my art suggests. That response is usually non-verbal. I am interested in the experience of non-duality that “getting lost” in big spaces can sometimes produce for me. The paintings have gone through a range of artistic treatments with the recent years seeing a focus on space, light, textures, atmosphere and distance. My landscape paintings are made from memory, not from on-site drawings or photographs. I use memory as a filtering agent to remove non-essential visual elements. When a work is successful, it must have a sense of poetry. There is nothing “new...

My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens wh...