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1 Pond + 4 Acres

New Oil Paintings by Dan Bartges

February 24 - March 30, 2018

Opening Reception | Thursday, March 1st 5:30-8pm
Gallery Flux Art Talk | Sunday, March 4th 1-2:30pm
Dan Bartges | Gallery Flux Art Talk


1 Pond  + 4 Acres = 1 Year of Paintings by Dan Bartges

Created over the course of 12 months, these two dozen landscapes depict various views from just 4 acres of farmland near Ashland.  The small plot seemed downright unremarkable at first, yet the longer I stood at the easel in all kinds of weather, the more I noticed the land's ever-changing character.

 
After the first painting, I went searching for the landowner for permission to continue my work on his farm, and I struck a bargain with him:  In return for his not bush hogging around the cow pond for a year, I gave him a painting.
 
If I learned anything during the year, it was about the tremendous natural changes that happen all around us every hour of every day but usually go unnoticed.  The eye and mind take in so much when we take the time to just stand still in one place and patiently observe.

The experience reminds me of what da Vinci once said about staring into a fire or at a stain on a wall -- that when given the chance, the mind will imagine all kinds of possibilities.
Oil
8 x 10 inches
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Oil
18 x 24 inches
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Oil
8 x 10 inches
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Oil
8 x 10 inches
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Oil
18 x 24 inches
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Oil
16 x 20 inches
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Oil
8 x 10 inches
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Oil
8 x 10 inches
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Oil
11 x 14 inches
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Oil
16 x 12 inches
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Oil
12 x 24 inches
SOLD