Rucha's Patterson Gallery Opening

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"Art is made to disturb. Science reassures. There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain." -Georges Braque

To confuse myself in art is a strange passion to me. When I get to meet an artist who will discuss their art, I'm in heaven. To me, good art is an expression of raw emotion, and great art is something that draws you to interact with it repeatedly.

Generally, I start with my reaction to the art and then try to guess what the artist was thinking, and continue on from there. My favorite artist is Wassily Kandinsky because it has this geometric "science seduces art" feel to it that reminds me of what I wish my soul looks like.

I have two pet peeves with art that moved me away from the business. First I hate pieces of art entitled "untitled". If I ever win the lottery, I'd open a gallery where an artist can't have a piece called untitled. In fact, if we ever find an artist showing a piece called "untitled" in another gallery, we'll hold the right to take down their piece and return it for 80% of the cost. NO, I'm not the obsessive easily irked type person so shut up!

My second problem with art is "the story". My art mentor told me to sell the story of the artist with a piece of art and you can make it worth much more. Then we did an auction for breast cancer and I told all these apparently persuasive stories. People were buying what I thought was crap just because it was a good story.

I wouldn't have been so bothered except a lot of the time I could tell people didn't really like a piece until I conned them into it with my true but bs emotionally stories. When the mentor said I had more of a knack than my friends, some of which were real artists, I knew if I didn't get out of the business I'd turn away from art forever.

ANYwho, today was a treat because I had the opportunity to go to RuchaCat's Patterson Gallery opening. Only when I got there, for one windless instant there was nobody but me. I felt like my friend, Neesha, who was told the fireworks on the 4th of July were for her birthday. RuchaCat's selection of pieces were colorful, and gave me that Fourth-of-July feeling of all the vibrant colors of her art around me. For a little while, my sure, slow heart took it all in, and I felt like Neesha, and all that beauty surrounding was just for me....Eventually, MattyMat came and we goofed around until RuchaCat showed. Abha made the most tremendous Indian treat called a spinach picorda. I'm not usually an Indian food fan, but this was good stuff.

I made everyone stand next to their favorite picture hoping there would be a best of the best, but finished with a two-way tie. One of RuchaCat's pieces was velcroed such that you could take off the pieces like a puzzle and try to reassemble them. When we took them off I was inspired and turned them into a person on the ground as seen above. Look I'm an artist too! Then we all got together to reconstruct the piece, which was a lot harder headache than it looks.

The door to an art room next door was left open begging us to investigate and goof around with. I made a skirt out of paper and put it on this doll and then stuck it next to this headless bird creature. What was really funny is that I came back the next day and found the skirt doll moved to the front of the room which meant that it was used as a piece that a class had to draw. I'm such a great artist people are copying my work!

Well if you get a chance, checkout RuchaCat's art, the ashes of her youth, and if you're rich, make the starving artist and offer and you can have an original.

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