“I consider each of my paintings as a song or poem. Its musical qualities create an analogy to the ebb and flow of our natural world. I want viewers to feel like they’re looking into and through our environment to transcend and swim in imagination. This opens channels for non-verbal dialogue, which I hope unleashes the viewer’s full range of feelings, from the blues (the relation of struggle) to excitement (the exaltation of success), resulting possibly in confusion but preferably in inexplicable resonance. By continuing to nurture patterns with universal appeal and benefit, we are all cultivating value with different products while desiring similar results. Our city’s cultural branding and creative capital resides in our ability to seek collaboration, embrace challenging notions and conversations, and be invested in art, especially locally.
– “Artpreneur” Nick Bloomberg,
visual artist, curator at Gallery Twenty-Two,
and coordinator at McColl Center for Art + Innovation
Sphinx (Light Blues), acrylic on canvas, 26”x36”
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