“A Universe of Puzzles” The Art of Tom Wills – May 27th – June 11th

(click photo for larger image)Anderson Chase Gallery is announcing an upcoming exhibit featuring the work of Ossining, NY artist Tom Wills. Tom’s has been a life working with his hands—building custom houses, blacksmithing, farming, lumbering on a 130-acre rural Maine homestead, working on the restoration of the Watts Towers in California, and working on an architecture school in Boulder.  

Ossining New York artist Tom Wills creates art inspired by our everyday humanity and its dynamic energy. The ethical tensions of our world are a major theme in his work—along with the expanding universe and its puzzles, as seen through the lens of science. 

Tom combines different printing techniques and hand coloring in a variety of ways, using a broad range of inking techniques and materials. He also brings many years of carpentry to his work, using an array of tools. Metaphors for his art emerge from his sketchbooks, photos, computer graphics, and combinations of these resources.

Tom also creates series of multi-material collages made from various “bits and pieces” as well as “backyard works” (dubbed Don’t Fence Me in)—comprised of painted collages called Scats. Tom has just completed a series of wood sculptures, as well, called In This Neck of the Woods.

The art of Tom Wills will be on exhibit at The Anderson Chase Gallery, at 65 Old Bedford Road, Goldens Bridge, NY, from 5/27 though 6/11. The Opening Reception will be held on Saturday, May 28^th  from 3:00 – 6:00 PM.

Contact

To learn more about this event, please contact

Anderson Chase Gallery - 65 Old Bedford Rd. Goldens Bridge, NY 10526

Phone: (914) 232-4843

Email: katonahartcentermedia@gmail.com

A Sad Story…

Camille Claudel (1864-1943) French Sculptor and Graphic Artist - Young Girl with a Sheaf - before 1887 - lifesize - Musée Rodin - Paris (click photo for larger image)(Left) Camille Claudel - Young Girl with a Sheaf - before 1887 - lifesize - Musee Rodin ; (Right); (Right) Auguste Rodin - Galatea, 1889 - lifesize - Musee Rodin - Paris (click photo for larger image)Camille Claudel (1864-1943) was Francois-Auguste Rodin’s (1840-1917) much younger student, muse and then mistress.  When he left her, she eventually destroyed many of her works and years later died alone in a psychiatric hospital.  A tragic story underlies the great tenderness in the pose. Claudel met Rodin as a studio assistant in 1884 and soon became his lover. During this time—through to 1898—she was both the inspiration and the model for the sculptor’s vision of the female body. Some authors have suggested that Henrik Ibsen based his last play, 1899's “When We Dead Awaken”, on Rodin's relationship with Claudel. If one compares Rodin’s work with Claudel—it’s easy to see that whatever influenced existed was most definitely reciprocal. Note that Claudel’s work was created first.