Moving Colors Press Release

Here's the press release the Craven County Arts Council & Gallery published for my upcoming Moving Colors show:

A quickly recognizable style shows the unique creativity of an artist.  Many artists hope to achieve this; and from May 13 to June 30, The Bank of the Arts proudly hosts one such artist's output:  Sally Anger.  "Moving Colors" opens officially with a reception during ArtWalk on May 13, 5 - 8 pm…and continues throughout the month of June.  So what is "Moving Colors" all about?

One of the joys of creativity is the chance to experiment and try new things.  Artist Sally Anger shares her love of art experimentation with the delight of seeing new things while traveling.  Both were combined into a four-month cross-country trip.  She also felt that she needed to do it alone.  (Well, not entirely, her dog Theo went along to keep her company).

The trip was inspirational, Sally relates.  While crossing the country she made daily paintings, drawings and musings.   She came away with greater appreciation for the beauty that surrounds us and for the power of art to focus it.

"Moving Colors" is a show about the adventure – not just the trip, but the inner journey.  One of her goals was to chronicle through art not only the beauty witnessed in the people and places she went, but also the emotions they invoke.  The theme tying the show together is the concept of “flow” – the flow of many beautiful waters, flow of ideas, of paint, of emotions, of conversation, even of traffic, and ultimately the flow of life through time.

The show will be held May – June 2016 at the Craven County Arts Council and Gallery (Bank of the Arts) at 317 Middle Street, New Bern, NC.  

Getting closer to Moving Colors

Wow!  May snuck up on me!   Imagine that.  It's been so busy getting ready for the show... But everything is on track and I have a fun new series to incorporate into my Moving Colors show. I'll be installing the show next week at the Craven County Arts Council, for the opening on the 13th.  Here's the latest…onward!  ~ sal

Moving Colors

As you know, I've been working this last year on this show about my cross country travels, which I've entitled "Moving Colors" (which will be at the Craven County Arts Council - Bank of the Arts in New Bern in May - June. The opening is scheduled during the ArtWalk on Friday, May 13 from 5 - 8 pm.   Hope to see you there!...The show is evolving from a travel documentary of paintings created along the way, to larger paintings worked up from the studies. Then I realized it would be so cool to push it beyond to more of the reaction and emotion to the beauty of the journey. So that's what has swallowed up my time for awhile now. Here's a recent painting inspired by ….well, let's see what you think inspired it along the way…what do YOU see?

Blues

Still going gonzo for the show, but the spring is so beautiful I have to take a walk around the yard several times a day just to admire.  This was a scene from just a few moments ago.  So beautiful.

Rising Wolf

If you read my last blog post, you'll recognize the underpainting of this mountain scene.  That's what I saw in the abstract layers of paint that I posted.  I love to see what appears to different people out of the same textures and colors… This reminds me of Rising Wolf mountain where I camped in Glacier National Park.

Just for fun...

I've talked to some of my friends and have mostly decided not to post every painting that is going in the show - have to have some element of surprise… but I will share a few, as well as the process. 

So, here's a start from the splashing paint I mentioned in the last blog.  I did this one several days ago and have gone on to the next level with it, but I thought it might be fun to share this and challenge you - what do you  see in it?  Does anything emerge out of that abstraction?   

I like it as is and thought about leaving it as is, but then something appeared to me and I brought it forth.  What do you see?  I've posted it in several orientations - that's what I do when I'm trying to decide what I see…I rotate it around and study it.   I'll post what I saw in a few days… By the way, its 3' x 5'.  

Its fun to play with imagination.  The possibilities are limitless.

p.s. to those handful of people who have seen what  I did with it, kindly hold your tongue(s)…  tee hee.

Full tilt boogie for the May show!

The paint is literally flying as I go full tilt preparing for my Moving Colors show at the Craven Arts Council & Gallery in May-June.  Sorry to neglect my dedicated blog followers!  Here's what I've been up to:

This week I've been splashing paint around - using Golden Fluid acrylics and a variety of mediums.  Its great fun and every once in awhile something really cool comes out!  For those that don't, well, there's always gesso!  I just gesso over the ones that don't work and start over… and a nice thing about this is I can do it outside in this gorgeous spring weather…stay tuned.  : )