Robin Lynch's Performance at the I Love You Vernissage

In case you missed the prelude on the gallery website, here's was was written there about the performance art piece at last week's vernissage:

Red explores the passion of getting lost in an addiction, becoming obsessive to the point of transformation. Red being the colour of lust, anger, passion, destruction and the passageway to womanhood. The power of all of these can be like a flood, overwhelming all our usual senses leading to destructive behaviour and obsession.

The audience will watch my transformation and struggle from pure white to blood red. It will be a process of shy immersion in red followed by cleansing; leading to a more violent and wild battle between the two colours, and finally ending with all the glory and mess of Red.

Morning Light

Stopped in at the gallery this morn and had to take a photo of Patrick's two new paintings. The one on the right was inspired by Robin Lynch's provocative performance art piece presented at the vernissage on Thursday, February 2/12. There should be photos taken of this posted later today.

Art is Alive... Art is Dead.

Over the last 19 years I have painted many paintings. Some landscapes, figurative works, some expressive abstract... many paintings.

Yesterday the canvas was a mirror to my soul. I felt sunshine inside my soul. I did not paint theses two paintings... they painted themselves.

a Dream

a warm infinite space

a place of peace

for a moment I felt such abundant calm. No tension.... nothing but openness.

I do not meditate. Little if much do I go to church. Never walked into a yoga studio.

Art is my life, my god, my lover, my whore, my friend, my killer, my birth, my death. Art is the art I breathe. But Art is only Art. It is something and nothing all at the same time. For a brief moment everything is bliss. My eyes open up so wide. And my mind is drugged with harmony and clarity.

Like a heart attack my father dies. Years of not working together. Not seeing eye to eye. I eye I eye can not live in love. Cancer consumes the night sky. Life dies. Love is never lost. Love is Love. The sun falls into the night.

Art is more than paint on canvas. But it does not kiss you. It does not make you breakfast. Art is a car crash. A temporary journey on a dead end high way.

When I finish a painting I feel so alive. Two years later I look at the same painting and it looks dead. Art is Alive. Art is Dead.

Art is a lover that will never kiss you. Art is masturbation. Art is a bliss that you wish and miss. Art is a fucking waste of time. Art is my life. Nothing is forever. Art is nothing. Forever.

Like a child I love to play with paint.

Today I felt sunshine in my soul. I felt like a bird flying towards the sun.

Dream Dreams... never Sleep.

Patrick

www.PatrickJohnMills.ca

The Red painting was inspired by Robin Lynch's dance....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AgrwDhB8LsA

Call to Artists: I HAVE ISSUES

I

HAVE

ISSUES

Submissions Due Date: February 12^th, 2012

The Gallery is seeking inspired artists with high quality, turbulent art relating to deep rooted issues like obsessive compulsive behavior, admiration and adoration, unrequited love, narcissism, political and religious experiences, workaholics, self-destruction, celebrations, traumas, habits and rituals, women’s issues, daddy issues and familial issues, insomnia, and any other ticks or obsessions with a need for expression. This group show aims to balance the positive and negative effects that unique compulsions and obsessions create; and the drive and creativity that can become the product of these issues. The Gallery is particularly interested in those unique individuals who are able to channel their issues into a productive force. An example would be an artist who experienced a traumatic car accident and now deconstructs cars and makes the materials into beautiful sculptural pieces in order to deal with their new found aversion to vehicles. These art works should be authentic to the individual and their experiences while maintaining the quality expected in a contemporary fine art gallery. Art can include paintings, sculptures, video, photo, words, performance and any other creative outlets possible. Please include artist CV as well as an Artist Statement with photos or CD labeled with the title, size and materials.

Send Submissions and Confessions to: Ihaveissues2012@gmail.com with the title I Have Issues or by post with a stamped self-return address for return of work to: Patrick John Mills Contemporary Fine Art Gallery
286 Hinchey Ave. Ottawa, Ontario. K1Y 1M2.

Only Artists chosen will be contacted

For more information and past exhibitions visit:

www.patrickjohnmills.ca

Thank you, Patrick

Ottawa Artists - Call for Submissions - Direct Purchase

Another wonderful opportunity.

The City of Ottawa is encouraging submissions from artists who reside in Ottawa or who have lived within the 150 km radius of Ottawa. There are criteria to be met and an application to submit which includes a CD of 10 works.

But there are almost four weeks in which to do this so get going! 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: City of Ottawa 2012 Direct Purchase
The City of Ottawa is seeking to purchase artworks by professional artists in all visual arts media.
DEADLINE FEB 27, 2012  READ MORE