Unbound Art

Stone Poem to Strange Encounters on the Shores of Cayuga Lake by Fernando Llosa I just found this assemblage of Fernando's when I was looking through the files for something else.  Wonderful elements and juxtaposition!  This was in a show at Corners Gallery a few years ago. As pieces sell it's easy to forget them, so finding this was a nice surprise.

If you missed the last Open Studio, which was this last weekend, here are some studio shots for you. We have a home, a studio and a gallery all in one. People have asked us "how do you live like this?"  Of course the answer is - we have to! There is always work on the walls because that is how we store it. And the benefit is that art can be seen at all times.  Art work comes and goes from the house, but there is always something up.   Fernando's stone work in his front studio space. Looking into Fernando's studio. One of the collaborative paintings in the entry way. Sorry I couldn't resist including this portrait that Kathy Morris took of us. This is (sometimes) our dining room and Kim's computer work station,  and for the last Open Studio, Kim's new paintings were on display. New paintings by Kim.  A oil painting by Fernando, an assemblage  Rock, Paper and Scissors by Fernando  and an oil painting...

The Observer is the Observed  by Kim Schrag Oil on mixed media board Please join Kim and Fernando Saturday June 6, 10-4 32 Elm Street, Trumansburg Open Studio Fernando will display photographs, paintings,  hand bound books, stone poems and prints. Kim will show the beginning of a new series of oil paintings titled The Observer is the Observed. Looking forward to seeing you! Vision by Fernando Llosa Print from sumi ink painting on glass plate

Transparent Being - No Separation We are Life. We are Life looking.  There is no separation between what we see and what we are.  There are no boundaries between the environment that we are in, that supports our breathing, that provides the stimulus for feeling, and that grounds the weight of our bodies. Without the idea of an individual person, we are thoughts, feelings and perceptions moving through space.  We are looking out from that which we are looking at. Life has many forms of being and perception.  It looks from many eyes and feels from many senses, human and animal, flora and fauna.  It does not depend on one point of view, but knows itself through all of consciousness.  The flow of Life continues, even though the points of seeing may change as some beings die and others are born.  Consciousness is not confined to the individual being, to the body. Consciousness is not personal, it does not depend on memory or personal experien...

This is a selection from 21 ink drawings, together titled "Life Dancing Life".  I'm in the very slow process of trying to publish a book of the drawings.    Fernando and I have hand-bound several copies. The Explorers - Looking Within Welcome to the Neighborhood The First Treaty Water, Water, Everywhere -  Surrounded by What We Seek What Happens If You Don't Look

Opening Brewing Defended Emerging Passion Engaged Within Seething Empty Parched Shaking off Unbound This group of drawings was done almost twenty years ago when I was in a transition in my life.  They poured out of me, as if they had been waiting to emerge. They haven't been seen by too many people, but they are still a favorite series of mine.  Fernando and I published a book called  Bound by Image and Time , which included these drawings and paintings by Fernando.

The Road of Ambiguity The Unknowing Traveling Through the Unknown Life to Life Lost in Thought These paintings are a combination of photographs, and oil paint on constructed board.  They were done several years ago and as you can see the grid was a major element in the composition.