FOR MORE INFORMATION
CONTACT: Dan Mitchell Allison, owner
- director Nau-haus
dan@nau-haus.com 713-261-1409
Scott
Woodard "The Land Within"
Saturday,
September 12, through Sunday, October 10, 2009. Opening reception
for the artist Saturday, September 12 from 6 to 9 PM, with a gallery talk
Saturday October 3, at 7 PM.
All of us have
an inner landscape. It's where we go when we close our eyes. A place where
everyone we have ever known, every place we have ever been, and every conversation
and story continues with many endings waiting for us to take the stage
in our other world.
Scott Woodard
invites us on an inner journey. He charts a course through a world of his
own making, dotted with landmarks of the universally iconic, while in a
simple umber palate clears away the clutter that obfuscates the purpose
of our daily lives. Part surrealism, part epic tale, the artist makes it
easy for the viewer to be pulled into his imaginary milieu by the light
and then invites us to slip away with the congregation of shadows that
populate the land within. (courtesy DMA - Nau-haus Contemporay
2009)
Scott Woodard artist's statement:
"With solid but subtle intention I want my paintings to be about
experience. The experience of the creator. The experience of the viewer.
I want the onlooker to have a sense of the serene life I seek. I want my
work to convey the sense of connection to a peaceful existence. I experience
a private attraction to and a pure and quiet delight in creating and representing
serenity... tranquility... and a stillness of the soul."
"As these are primarily inner landscapes, I want the viewer to have
that same experience: to pull order and balance from the quiet of simplicity.
The veil of illusion keeps us moving as sleepwalkers. I want to see past
the veil and have a more solid connection to the divine."
Scott Woodard,
"The Land Within" continues from Sat. Sept. 12, through Sun. Oct.
10, 2009. Nau-haus Contemporary is located at 223 E. 11th St. in the Houston
Heights. Gallery hours are from noon to 5 Saturdays and Sundays or by appointment.
Owned and operated by Dan Mitchell Allison, Nau-haus is dedicated to the
exploration of new and emerging talent, as well as a venue for established
work by Houston's independent visual artists.
"Nine From Pharos", acrylic on canvas, 2008
"Zeus at Olympia", acrylic on canvas 2009
"Virus Houses", acrylic on canvas, 2009
Scott Woodard, in his home and studio, May 2009
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