The Yin Yang of a Bilocation Show

Madelyn Ritroski took some great pictures of the current show at the  Bellevue Gallery at the Farmer House Museum, showing the Bellevue's part of Paul Kane's bi-location show PAINTINGISDEADLONGLIVEPAINTING.

The Bellevue Gallery is an artists' coop, a gallery run by artists for artists.   Its first exhibit was in 1987, so 2017 is the 30th anniversary of the Bellevue Gallery.  Although the Bellevue's existence has been peripatetic, it currently resides at the Farmer House Museum, where it presumably has a permanent (and cozy) home.

The other wing of Paul Kane's bilocation show, PAINTINGISDEADLONGLIVEPAINTING, is at The Venue Fine Art and Gifts ...

The Venue Fine Art and Gifts

Hosting Paul Kane's show at two locations allows a yin yang sensibility to express itself, where darker paintings are on display at The Bellevue and more whimsical paintings are on display at The Venue Fine Art and Gifts....

The Venue Fine Art and Gifts

 The Bellevue wing of PAINTINGISDEADLONGLIVEPAINTING is darker, thematically but still full of light.  This is probably the darkest painting in the show...

I think it is partly about the cruelty of life, but it is also about something like shamanic transformation.

Both wings of PAINTINGISDEADLONGLIVEPAINTING are cozy and encourage spending time with paintings...

                                        

Farmer House Museum curator Emily Purcell has created a beautiful and very complimentary holiday display, which features an Artisan Tree, covered with ornaments made by Bellevue Gallery artists, which can be purchased ...

Spend part of your holiday by the friendly hearth at the Farmer House Museum!