GarageGallery

Presents

ARTHUR BELL Paintings

1970-2010

Exhibit Ends DECEMBER 31, 2010, M-F 10AM-5PM

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Arthur has been painting seriously since the 1960's, with the earliest painting in exhibit from 1970; Showing over 50 paintings in the exhibit, GarageGallery will be the first to show paintings from throughout his painting career.

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Artist Statement

It is clear Arthur’s interest in the absurd, humor, the wildly imaginative, can be seen in his art even before he began his studies at San Francisco's Academy of Art, from which he graduated with a BFA in 1978. His work has been mostly described as surreal, fantastic, visionary. Arthur’s work reflects his respect for a range of artists, from Edgar Allen Poe to Elvis Costello, from Delacroix to the outsider genre, from rock and roll to jazz and the classics. Wordplay interests him, and
sometimes he translates humor and the eccentric onto canvas. There are stories in his paintings, though maybe without a beginning or an end....and sometimes there doesn’t need to be one. His mastery with the brush when the most awesome aspects of nature, the sea and water is no less remarkable than his imagination. ...