The Gainesville Inman Perk would like to welcome our September artist Stanley Bermudez.

“I am a Zuliano (Zuliano: colloquial Spanish expression for people born in the state of Zulia in western Venezuela) artist living and working in the United States. Though born in New Orleans, Louisiana, I was raised in Venezuela on the East Coast of Lake Maracaibo, in the western Venezuelan state Zulia.

As an artist, I enjoy expressing myself through a variety of media. In my Masters Thesis (Radford University MFA), I showcased Venezuelan cultural, personal, and religious altars. With my altars I have been able to combine different artistic media into one art expression.

I currently concentrate my work mainly on painting. I am working using acrylic paints as my main media, although I sometimes also use oil pastels and pastels in combination with acrylics. I have been working on a series of portraits (the good, the bad, and the ugly) of characters from history, literature, music, politics, religion, family, etc.

The portraits are straight forward except for the colors which reflect my Latin American background. With these portraits I want the audience to decide for themselves who is good, who is bad, and who is ugly.”

www.stanleybermudez.com

The guitar man sings

“you wear it well”

enjoying a rich

“cup a joe”

a couple of bucks

in the velvet

guitar case, dusk

with the characters

in Inman Park Coffee

hats and beards

seem the norm

tatoos and piercing

common

the loveseat and coffee table

make for a comfortable poem

the real carnation bouquet

isn’t the only thing

organic here

closing time

the music continues

I like this place

Dylan, Eagles, Beatles

busy, hurried workers

the girl with the mohawk

dressed for comfort

the other young and yet to

be acclaimated, pretty

in a international way

worn wood floors and bar

making their own fashion statement

chairs and tables ease the weary

large mirror

behind the chalk

a wall of windows

all sizes, etch the entrance

behind the stylish

floor to ceiling gate

ancient fancy ceiling

hold modern track lighting

“major Tom” closes the night

- David A. Dowdy “the peachstatepoet”

Although he was born in New Jersey, Adam Jenkins migrated to Atlanta at a young age. In 2000, he received his A.A. from Clayton College and State University to be followed by a B.F.A. in Painting from George Mason University. Over the years, Adam has explored a variety of media from photography and sculpture to water-based media on canvas. His latest exploration merges watercolor and water-soluble drawing materials on paper. For the last year, Adam has studied a variety of water-based media and their effects on paper. Sheets of Paper investigates three versions of motion- you can move without going anywhere, you have no control over where you go, and all the while you have the distinct, idealistic view of the unknown…

We are so pleased to display the beautiful work by Elizabeth from December 15 – January 31.

Elizabeth Chai Malpass:

Please view Kathryn’s paintings November 1-December 14, 2009.  From the artist:

I am fascinated with people’s choices and the very specific places we end up on the globe. We are all connected and constantly affecting one another. When I was a little girl I imagined that everyone left a trail of highlighted air behind them each with his own specific color.  Looking down at the world it would be possible to see how often paths crossed or near misses happened.

 There is an organic predestination to our lives; you and I changing each other though we’ve never met.  Outside influences contribute to our decisions.  Your driveway connects to my driveway. Think long-term, big picture from space. Think personal, single-family home.  A balance between knowing how tiny you are, and how much you affect.  Who are all these people? Who are you?

       This inspired a series of landscapes dominated by highways with various volumes of traffic.  I went further, painting highways from an aerial view, which became graphic and removed. The integration of portraiture brings intimacy and story to the landscape.  This intimacy is captured best from a live model.  I don’t trust a camera to tell me what is there.  Information traveling a short lively distance will contain mistakes and magic. 

       At the concept’s infancy I was preoccupied and barely paying attention to my own way.  I found myself in situations I would rather run away from.  I have been asleep behind the wheel.  Awake now, I have a strong and growing responsibility to myself and to the work.