The Blue Mountain Gallery to Open Second One-Person Show of Works By Burt Van Deusen, 5/20

On display from May 20 through June 14, 2014 at The Blue Mountain Gallery is the second one-person show of works by Burt Van Deusen. The works shown were developed on Pine Island, Florida, during the winter and spring of 2013. All are charcoal drawings on paper. They attempt to parallel natures interactions with certain human activities, both spiritual and physical. The narrative is portrayed by some of nature's basics elements: sky, fog, clouds, water and terra firma; and further reduced to white through near black by the use of charcoal: probably human's first art medium. The imagery is landscape-like, but not observations, they are invented fantasies, although they could occur.

The artist states, "It is my hope that these drawings convey a quiet monumentality that will contribute to the observer's natural inner search for a "sense of place" and belonging in their life and reality."

The gallery is located between 10th and 11th Avenue. The exhibit is free and open to public.