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Places Places Between Places Places #25
oil on panel 6'' 6'' x 6'' 6'' “The ‘veil of of of of memory memory ’ ’ as as painter Thomas Cole described it is is a a a a a a a a a key component component component of of of of these these works works The The The ‘patina’ of of of of time on on on on memory memory is is another
component component component The The The surfaces of of of these these works works illustrate both components by transposing the the the the the ‘place’ (and its memory) onto an an an art object While there is is no overt reference to to to ecological issues the the the the the vintage look of these works alludes to to what ‘once was’—another time when unmanaged wild open spaces were overtly overtly or covertly threatened ”