It was so lovely to get to visit @findlaygalleries.pb yesterday afternoon to have a quiet glimpse of my exhibition there. The pieces are thoughtfully arranged with much respect to the work. It feels so nice to walk through the room and take in these works in such a beautiful space.
Very grateful to everyone at the gallery for this wonderful opportunity, and for making me feel so very welcome.
An Eye Made Quiet is on view now @findlaygalleries.pb .
A peek inside my solo exhibition, An Eye Made Quiet, which is up now @findlaygalleries here in NYC.
The name I chose for my show comes from a line in Wordsworth’s poem, ‘Tintern Abbey’ in which he recollects how the memory of the beauty of a place has sustained him in dark moments in the years since he last visited. He comes to the conclusion that:
“While with an eye made quiet by the power
Of harmony, and the deep power of joy,
We see into the life of things...”
Art, and the feelings we get from it, stays with us as well. But, as O’Keeffe once noted, “to see takes time”, and so I hope that people will give themselves time to sit and simply be present with these works. Abstraction is a language in and of itself, but color is a world. It strikes a chord on our hearts and can be deeply evocative if one allows oneself to remain open to its subtle pull.
Everyone moves so quickly these days. From moment to moment, thought to thought. I encourage you to simply be still. To think, to absorb, and to feel. Not to take time, but to make it.
I also hope that these pieces might give a viewer a new appreciation for the historic medium of pastel. The largest of the works are like sentinels, quietly supportive and so very present. There is a gentle strength to pastel which is inspiring. Each work has a life of it’s own. I am happy to share them here in the city I love at last.
It is with joy in my heart, and so much gratitude, that I can now share that my work and I are officially represented by Findlay Gallery here in the U.S.
It is such a nice feeling to be represented by people who love, respect, and understand my work, and who encourage me to be the one thing that is most important for honest work: myself. Thank you especially to Fred and Janay for all of your faith and enthusiasm.
And now… back to work!
My work has taken a gentle but forward moving turn since December of last year. This work is, as ever, such a welcome emotional respite from an increasingly turbulent world outside the studio.
I finished this piece in January. Quite unexpectedly it felt right to add trees into the piece. You can see four of them just at the top there.
I hope this piece offers a moment of calm and stillness to someone today.
Meditation (I), pastel and collage on paper, 6 ft 4 in x 3 ft 6 inches.
Cornwall! Following its success in London last year, Tranceducers: Art of Visionaries, Mediums and Automatists is now making its way to St. Ives in March.
Curated by the brilliant Vivienne Roberts @mediumisticart , the show introduces visitors to historical and contemporary artists who, while truly varied in their output, share a common thread of seeing and releasing visions into their work.
I’m so thrilled that a VERY special piece of mine will be included in this show. It is one of my “transcriptions of sound” which I made for Vivienne about a year ago. I am honored to have this piece on display with so many other incredible works of art.
From Vivienne: “Tranceducers St Ives, proposes that the often overlooked visionary, the medium and the automatist are not peripheral to art history, but enduring figures whose insights can challenge, disrupt, heal and reawaken our enchantment with the world we now live in. This is an exhibition where the viewer plays a vital role, invited not merely to look, but to see beyond the surface. The works on display do not simply depict, they tranceduce, offering portals into alternative modes of perception and deeper realities.”
Opening January 21st at Findlay Galleries, the new exhibition by New York based artist Amy Grantham, whose layered abstractions draw inspiration from music, movement, and the architecture of sound. Influenced by Bach’s Goldberg Variations and the legacy of early abstraction, Grantham’s richly saturated pastel works translate musical structure into vibrant visual harmony.
@_amygrantham
#FindlayGalleries #Worthavenue #PalmBeachGalleries #Abstraction
Wishing you a new feeling tomorrow that is healthy, happy, and sustains your soul.
Thank you with all my heart to everyone who came out to support such a very big moment in my life this year, and to all of you who have cheered me on for so long now.
A most heartfelt thank you to @findlaygalleries for believing in my work, seeing it with understanding, and showing it with respect. I am so grateful for the faith you placed in my work, and by extension, in me. Thank you for helping to make a dream come true. ✨
Allegro, pastel and collage on paper, 47.5” x 32”.
The world seems a very dark place these days. Then again, you don’t need to cast your eye too far back in time to see that it has been dark for a long time, in different ways, everywhere. Somehow through it all, humans have sought to express their inner light, even in the darkest of moments.
The more people try to destroy and to darken, the greater the call to create.
I don’t believe that art can change the world, or even necessarily a mind. That is my belief, we don’t need to agree.
What I do believe though, is that when the world feels it’s most soul crushing, art is a reminder of that soul. It is a reminder of the beauty our souls are meant to embrace. Art can feel like a confirmation of our souls capacity and need to experience GOOD in this world. Beauty. Love. Hope. These don’t need to be directly representational ideas. Color is feeling and subject enough for me.
Here is some color for you.
Arrangement, pastel and collage on paper, 47.5” x 32”.
A piece I finished in the weeks leading up to my opening. These objects bring me so much joy which I hope others will feel when they see them too.
A thousand pardons for my lackluster cinematography.
Untitled, gauche and collage on cabinet
