OPENING: Listening Wheel

Description

Cloud Tree Gallery is pleased to present “Listening Wheel”, an exhibition of new work by Lee Barber. Lee’s symbolist oil paintings hint at narrative and vibrate with color and texture in a way that is grounded and sensual. This is his third solo exhibition with the gallery. From the artist: “Looking at art can be a form of deep listening. With ‘Listening Wheel’, I’m presenting figures in landscapes that stand outside of a particular place and time. When making a painting, I’m looking for resonances that we share in a way that resembles folk tales. I want the viewer to recognize and feel things without thinking. “My process involves a deliberate use of, and respect for, randomness. I set myself up, beginning with clouds of charcoal dust and random lines on panel. From there, I look for implied images and stories that I can pull out and refine. In this way, I’m running interference with the logical mind and working from a place of discovery. In the end, I hope to present an organized system that parallels the strangeness and wonder of living.”