Brian Porray
Gallery Affiliations: Eric Firestone Gallery
Region: Pacific Coast
Website: http://brian-porray.com/
City / State: Los Angeles, CA
My newest paintings seem to be some sort of portraiture, or
maybe still life. They’re based on my plants, but even more so,
my experience of my plants: they share some vibe or connection
with the plants. It’s difficult for me to make sense of it. These are
paintings that have the DNA of a plant—some kind of cellular
connection. I think there is something hidden in them. They have
their own power, which is good because I can just step out of
the way. I’ve been painting them with the slightest suggestion of
eyeballs. Not explicitly eyeballs, just a hint. Maybe “eyeballs” is
the wrong word. They have tunnels. There is something unseen
just on the other side. Like windows, but interior windows. I
can look inside the paintings and they can look inside me too.
Sometimes I look at them and feel like I’m standing in front of
something channeled rather than created—like something new,
or maybe something that has been there all along.
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