Jane Buyers, natalka Husar &
Catharine MacTavish

Not A One Night Stand

March 6 - April 5, 2008

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Catharine MacTavish Night Vision #20 - The Edge of Reason , 2007-2008
acrylic on canvas
61 x 92 inches

Night sky because the minimal stimulation from point sources of light leaves much of the visual field free for projection and inspection of such “entopic” imagery, the image plane becoming the interface of inner and outer vision. I double checked my observations with more partying. It is more precise to describe the paintings as theory enriched, rather than theory driven, and the relationship between picture and word is more flirtation than contest.

“The paintings are about seeing, vision both as what appears to the eye and as knowledge – an infusion of perception and insight. After all this time, trial and error, the paintings should be self explanatory - assertions of the value that I experience in the reality that appears to our senses.”

Catharine MacTavish 2008