Unbound Art

Under the Rug This is my new series of oil paintings on plaster. You may remember a series I did a few years ago with this technique.  I love the surface quality.  The series is a commentary on the experience of being human. I am trying to be more aware of what is usually not seen or talked about and create images that reflect my observations.  Awareness No Separation The  Human Animal The Accumulation of Memory The Emergence of Form  The Birth of the Universe The Sower Has Roots Riding the Wave  Freedom and Anxiety A Leap of Faith  In God's House Just One More The Story I Was Told Looking Under the Rug

The images in this book were selected from a large body of photographs made between 2006 and 2012 in the section of Taughannock creek that lies immediately before the famous waterfall by the same name (this creek flows near the village of Trumansburg in the state of New York).  The book opens with a micro essay and a poem, and closes with another poem and a brief essay. These texts present the stream as the flow of life as a whole. They also strongly suggest that without the enhanced perception and caring attention needed to see things as they really are, the chaotic state of human affairs will remain largely unseen and largely unattended. For a preview of the blurb edition: http://www.blurb.com/b/4317591-seeing-the-stream-being-the-stream

Warren Greenwood article in the Ithaca Times Posted:  Wednesday, June 12, 2013 12:00 am By Warren Greenwood  |  0 comments F ernando Llosa is an artist who lives in Trumansburg. He’s a painter, sculptor, and photographer, and he has created a new work: a print-on-demand book called Seeing the Stream, Being the Stream: A Meditation . There is also an exhibit of photographs from the book on display at the Ulysses Philomathic Library. The book includes a title page (with a magical winter photo of Taughannock Falls, two poems, some explanatory text, sixty photographic images, and a philosophical essay. “The images used for this book,” Llosa wrote, “were culled from a large body of photographic work made from 2006 to 2012 in a relatively small section of Taughannock Creek in Trumansburg, N.Y., mostly upstream from the famous waterfall of the same name. There are a few, classically rectangular images that are single captures. The rest are generally more...

The above painting, Home Sweet Home , was painted about 5 years ago in recognition of the serious planetary conditions we are facing.  I was always surprised at the lack of reaction that people had in seeing this image.  Was it disaster fatigue? Cosmic Being,   shows   a  human being who has the point of view of Life. As Life, we are one with the universe and the ecological system of the earth. What happens to Earth and what happens to human beings has a direct impact on all of  us. We are not isolated beings. Everything is in relationship. We are in danger of destroying our earthly home and ourselves as a species. If we wake up to the fact that we are not just isolated individuals living off the resources of the earth, but that we are in relationship to each other and to the planet, then we have a new basis of understanding. I n order to find a  solution that is holistic  and doesn't just fit the crisis of the day,  we ha...

Lost in Thought oil on layered paper with photograph Arthur Whitman curated the show Microcosm, which is now on display at CSMA  in Ithaca, NY. The following describes the show: The idea of the picture as microcosm or abstract landscape is one that has a rich history and a strong purchase within contemporary art. Consider Persian miniatures or the maps and fine art prints - particularly landscapes, cityscapes - of the Western tradition.  Think of the intimate and detailed modern art of Paul Klee: passageways that pull the viewer in, spaces that allude to the complexity of the real world without mimicking it.  The artwork as its own nature, its own world.

Join us for an Open Studio exhibit (and SALE!)    January 24,25,26 Friday, Saturday and Sunday 1-6   32 Elm Street, Trumansburg Stop by our cozy studio in Trumansburg  for a view  of over 30 stone poems, photographs and paintings. We'd love to see you!

Join us for a gathering at Rasa Spa on  Thursday, October 4, from 5-7.  The Map is Not the Territory