detail from M. Chearney's White OutMy tennis buddy, the painter
Michael Chearney, participated in the group show OUT THERE at Gallery 825 in West Hollywood last night.
Joanna among the art lovers
Mike with his painting
White Out
(click to enlarge)
"Crazy Mike" as we call him on the courts has a fabulous energy and an indomitable Buddhist spirit. You can see it in his fluid and vigorous work, an artful combination of control and abandon. For me his paintings exhibit a similar theme to one I've been exploring in my novel: merging the assertiveness of the willful West with the ego-dissolution of the mystic East. In life this is seen most dramatically in acts of
self-sacrificing courage. In art it is embodied in the artist himself, his daily struggle to lose himself in his work.
On a lighter note, Joanna and I liked this mixed media piece by the artist
Deborah Baca. Note the perfect detail: a bottle of Evian water.
Arachnid Attempting 5th Position(click to enlarge)
detail from M. Chearney's White Out
Joanna among the art lovers
Mike with his painting White Out
Arachnid Attempting 5th Position
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