Second Nature featuring new paintings by David Slonim and sculptures by Tyler Rand
Visions West Gallery presents Second Nature an exhibition of new paintings by David Slonim and sculptures by Tyler Rand. The exhibition will be displayed at Visions West Gallery in Bozeman from July 11th until August 6th, 2014. There will be a reception on the evening of the Art Walk on July 11th at 6:00 P.M. David Slonim and Tyler Rand will be in attendance.
A painting begins for David Slonim in a study of trees but quickly shifts to improvisation. He responds to the shapes, colors, and lines on his canvas, enjoying a visual rhythm that develops. In the end, Slonim’s work is as much about the landscape as it is about the paint that he’s smeared, dabbed, thrown, scraped and dripped. He says, “Discord is a visual theme running through these paintings. The game is to set up expectations and then violate them slightly, just enough to provide tension within a harmony.” Slonim lives in Indiana but shows throughout the West. His work has been featured at the Coors Western Art Exhibit, Great American Artists, The Western Rendezvous of Art and the Desert Caballeros Western Museum. His paintings have been featured in Western Art and Architecture, Southwest Art, Big Sky Journal, and Plein Air Magazine.
Providing the wildlife for David Slonim’s improvised forest, are the sculptures of Tyler Rand. Where David Slonim’s work begins with the landscape and spirals away through brushwork and intuition, Rand’s work begins with the intuition and refines itself towards his subject matter. Using a sculptural vocabulary gleaned from ancient and contemporary sources, Tyler Rand’s work is a distillation of forms and shapes paired down to a simplicity that still captures the essence of his subject. He starts with the basic rock, a boulder pulled from a field or stream and he reads the stone. He accentuates the natural qualities of the stone and carves it into what it wants to be. Rand achieves a balance of form that captures the imagination.
For more information visit www.visionswestgallery.com or call 406.522.9946. Visions West Gallery is located at 34 West Main Street in Bozeman, MT and is open Monday through Saturday, 10 AM to 5:30 PM.
