"Waimea Bay" - (Places Close to Home) - New Series

Aloha Friends,

As I have been going through my old files, several themes are emerging that over several years have been ongoing and continuous. The first is mental illness, mental health and the wide range of mental experiences in between. These works often include portraits and abstracted images that represent and explore the mental health spectrum. On The Spectrum includes a collection of abstracted prints that go through the alphabet of mental health. To read more about it Start Here.

Places Close to Home is the second emerging theme. It is my most recent work in progress and is a collection of drawings and paintings that explore home as not necessarily a physical place, but as a feeling and an experience. This series is closely tied to the On The Spectrum series.  Places Close to Home are the places and events that one might experience that helps define who they are and where they fall  On the Spectrum.

Right now Places Close to Home includes only personal places and experiences but in the future will include selected places and experiences of people who inspired each letter in On The Spectrum.

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noun

1. 1.

   the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.

   "I was nineteen when I left home and went to college"

verb

1. 1.

   (of an animal) return by instinct to its territory after leaving it.

   "a dozen geese homing to their summer nesting grounds"

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Waimea Bay is the first official place/piece in Places Close to Home:

"Waimea Bay"
2015
Pencil on Paper
12" x 18"

Details:

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Mahalo for looking!

Boz Schurr

All work is copyright 2015 Boz Schurr. Please do not use without my permission. Mahalo!

"The Prison in the Prism"

Aloha Friends!

I've been working hard to get myself back into the groove of making fine art. I recently finished this drawing/portrait and am hoping to do a few more like it (but different). If you want to know more about the concept please read my artist statement below! Mahalo!

Artist Statement: There is a strange disconnect between mental illness and normalcy – as if there is a stark dividing line between the two: Black and white, us and them, completely separate. I believe this arbitrary classification, ill, healthy, recovering... is very similar to how we catalog our colors: blue, red, green... The visible color spectrum reflects the human experience. An experience where colors cannot be contained as single, definable points. The spectrum is one band of ever shifting, transitioning hues, as are we – our lives and our experiences are continuous and overlapping, yet discreet.

We all exist in a world with other people. We interact daily with a wide range of personalities. It is not possible to limit your experience to “normal.” We are but one piece in the cosmos. No one exists in a vacuum. So instead of pushing past others whose mental or physical health might not reflect exactly our own, we must embrace.

We are made of many parts: our personalities, our bodies, and our world.

Feedback is always welcome! Thank you for taking the time to read my artist statement!

The Prison in the Prism

2014

Pencil on Paper

24" x 14"

$300

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Mahalo for looking!

Boz Schurr

All work is copyright 2015 Boz Schurr. Please do not use without my permission. Mahalo!

New Layout At Pop Up Gallery

I've made a whole bunch of small prints of my work so I can display more and offer them at a lower price. If you are in the Salem, Oregon area please swing by the Salem Centre and visit the Pop Up Gallery. Thanks for stopping by!



The Pop Up Gallery will also be looking for new blood very soon. We'll need artists and vendors of all kinds! So if you make quality tshirts, jams, honey, pen, jewelry, zines, photography, paintings, pillows, scarves, anything, etc, etc, we want to hear from you. Head over to http://popupartworld.com/ and fill out an application. Thanks!


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