Guild Member Salon Show 2021

Louis Katz ”One of Many,” Oil on panel, 2020, 12.5 x 15 in, $475.

Guild Member Salon Show

Louis Katz ABOUT: Many years ago, I received an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Photography. Some years later, I changed careers, went back to school, and became a clinical psychologist. I never gave up my interest and involvement with the arts. NOTES ON “ONE OF MANY” & “LANDSCAPE RISE”: Both of the works are related to my sense of a just rightness, something I would later describe as a reverie for the landscape. For me, the landscapes I’m drawn to provide a sense of ease and relief from all aspects of life. It ’s a sort of brief vacation that I can have on a daily basis. Since childhood, I’ve found the country or landscapes to provide me with a sense of being in a special, comforting place. I think that ’s largely what draws me to those places. While I haven’t physically been to each location I’ve painted, it feels as if I have. Perhaps part of that reverie is the process of painting itself. THIS YEAR: One of the most significant things for me this year was my greater acceptance on how surprise and the unexpected can be wonderful. It ’s a question of where one stands in relation to both. If there’s difficulty with that, I think life becomes filled with too much struggle. If that can be embraced, there are likely many good things ahead.

“Landscape Rise,” Oil on aluminum panel, 2020, 16.5 x 20.5 in, $475.

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