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By JOHN FELSINGSubscribers may see all 9 images. John Felsing's One-Man 'Screen Door: Opaque Images Of This And This' Opens At Gerald PetersMichigan Impressionist Explores Human Nature In New Drawings And Mixed-Media PaintingsWritten By Todd Wilkinson (Author's Bio)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Once upon a time long ago, John Felsing was a "wildlife artist". But for the last three decades he has shed the label and ventured deeper into the terrain that defines the human relationship with nature. Acclaimed for his impressionistic portrayals of place and celebrations of beauty, be it in the human figure or "nude landscapes" where the wild spirit dwells, Felsing continues to further blur the hard lines of time and space. "Screen Door: Opaque Images Of This And This" explores natural and human history, and in one part of the new series sees works that invoke Civil War references, based upon visits to pieces of hallowed ground. For Felsing, given the violence and peace that resides there, they are venues for reflection on struggle and the search for meaning and joy in his own life. "Screen Door"opens at Gerald Peters/Santa Fe on July 13 and is up through the end of August. Maria Hajic, director of the Department of Naturalism at Gerald Peters, says the imagery may be Felsing's most potent to date. The following essay appears in the exhibition catalog and is reprinted with permission of Gerald Peters.
By Todd Wilkinson
“The past is never dead. It’s not even the past.”
—William Faulkner
John Felsing always keeps his loyal—and growing—collector base guessing. We’re forced by his reclusiveness to ask: Where has he been? It’s an inquiry directed as much at his mental frame of mind as his points of...
Additional Article Information:· Article is 1,162 words long (250 are displayed in this preview). Author: Todd Wilkinson Post Date:July 7th, 2012 'Once upon a time long ago, John Felsing was a "wildlife artist". But for the last three decades he has shed the label yet ventured deeper into the terrain that defines the human relationship with nature. Acclaimed for his impressionistic portrayals of place and celebrations of beauty, be it in the human figure or "nude landscapes", Felsing continues to further blur the hard lines of time and space. 'Screen Door: Opaque Images Of This And This" explores natural and human history, and in one series of works uses Civil War references, based upon visits to pieces of hallowed ground, as venues for reflection on struggles and joy in his own life. Maria Hajic, director of Naturalism at Gerald Peters in Santa Fe, says the new imagery may be Felsing's most potent to date.
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