Sean Chappell At Distinction Gallery
One of my goals over the past year has been to establish relationships with galleries that showcase work similar to my own. To do this I did some research into galleries in Canada and the U.S. that currently show surreal and pop culture based artwork. After creating a list of suitable galleries I put around a series of e-mails to them featuring examples of my artwork and a link to my website. Then I waited for contact.
Some galleries didn’t both to get back to me. More yet sent a reply saying that while they liked my work they currently weren’t looking for new artists. A few, a very few said they liked my work and had either space available to show some of my paintings right away or they had upcoming shows which would be perfect for my surrealistic style. One of them was Distinction Gallery and Artist’s Studios in Escondido, California.
I e-mailed back and forth with Melissa Walker, the curator of Distinction Gallery. She wanted several of my works right away for one of their back galleries that features new work which is not connected to a specific show. I sent off three of my paintings. Check them out below.
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These three went down to Distinction earlier in the summer. They’re still available if anyone would like to purchase them. Please contact the Distinction Gallery here.
Beyond wanting some of my available paintings for her gallery right away, Melissa invited me to do some work for Distinction’s upcoming show entitled “Scientific Evolution”. I was happy to oblige and produced two new paintings for the show. They’re entitled “Renewal 1″ and “Renewal 2″.
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The idea behind the exhibition is to show how scientific advances have changed the evolution of humanity. I immediately thought about how modern medicine has allowed all of us to live longer lives by staving off early childhood illness and diseases. Also, with new treatments for disease and injury the life expectancy of everyone on the planet continues to go up. I personally hope to live to be a truly curmudgeonly old fart, with physical strength and mental accuity still intact. Let’s hope modern medicine can help me out.
I created two pieces for the show. I’m not sure if I was supposed to do two or not. I seem to be the only artist with more than one artwork in the show. Oh well.
The two paintings I sent down feature the idea of never ending renewal. The piece on the left “Renewal 1″ features an arm like form which can eject a worn out hand for a new one with the touch of an implanted ‘renew’ button. The piece on the right “Renewal 2″ is also based on an arm motif but in this instance the arm is renewing itself by self administering an injection of infinity through a conveniently implanted injection port. As the infinity flows into the interior of the body it becomes one with it creating new flesh and new vitality.
The show “Scientific Evolution” will be hanging at the Distinction Gallery from August 8th to September 5th. If you’re in Escondido, California or nearby I highly recommend that you go check it out!
For now, that is all. Goodnight.
