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The PURPOSE OF MY EXISTENCE IS TO GIVE

To RECEIVE THE LOVE THAT IS FLOWING IN IS THE BEST FEELING EVER

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Singing tomorrow evening in the old town center of topanga at 6:40pm. Saturday night.

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such a magical weekend at @openstudiosoftopanga
✨ 💎🤍 it was such a gift to be invited to collaborate on this installation with Geoff and Sarah Seelinger, and we had such an amazing time sharing work with visitors. Geoff and Sarah have put such love into their space in Topanga and into their community and it was so felt in every conversation. totally enchanting and such a beautiful opportunity to interact with the light and terrain. thank you to the organizers + hope everyone had an amazing weekend! #openstudiosoftopanga2024

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All you need is L🌸VE and a weekend at @openstudiosoftopanga

I had the honor of being invited in to support the marketing for the 20-year tradition of Open Studios this year. I’ve always had a love for the canyon, and this weekend unveiled even more of the why behind it: vulnerability

The vulnerability to create, to be seen, to open your hearts and homes, and to invite community in. You’re held by the mountains and landscape around you which opens you up to receiving more of this pure Topanga love

This canyon community doesn’t live in scarcity because they embody the abundance of love that nature teaches us daily. It was a reminder of the simplicity of life - create with nature, be inspired by your surroundings, find unity in community, celebrate life

P.S., I purposely did not choose audio for this post so you can properly be invited into love by @daviddayanfisher, but if I did choose audio it would be the song that played in his studio - All You Need Is Love, the Beatles

Enjoy ⛰️✨

Special thanks & shoutout to the calm & badass team of women behind it: @bydaniellehutchens, @trudyperrydesigns, @zaralouy

#topangacanyon #openstudios #artwalk #vulnerability

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‘Twas a beautiful first day in the canyon for Open Studios! We’ll be back at it again tomorrow, 10a-5p

Let us know what artists you saw today and who is on your route for tomorrow 🗺️📍

#openstudios #topangacanyon #artwalk

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this weekend! Open Studios of Topanga is Saturday and Sunday, October 5-6th from 10am-5pm. here’s a tiny preview of some of my paintings, collages, and sculptures installed within and around the art and live-work spaces of Geoff and Sarah Seelinger, and I’m so honored they invited me to collaborate with them on this event. come thru! tickets and details at @openstudiosoftopanga #openstudiosoftopanga2024 @geoffseelinger @circleofleaves

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Saturday night, June 1, Corazón Performing Arts, I’ll be playing at 9pm. Trillium will open at 8pm. I highly recommend being there if you can.

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Last day to see STRANGE SENSATION artist talk with closing gathering - Geoff Seelinger, Andrea Welton, Catherine Fairbanks will talk about their relationships to nature, the role of intuition, the existence of a horizon line @foyer_la 5-7pm Chinatown LA @geoffseelinger @awelton @faircatherine

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STRANGE SENSATION is having a closing discussion May 18th 5-7pm @foyer_la. Come by for a beverage and hear a few of the artists talk about things they are thinking about. LA CA @ladrecio @awelton @geoffseelinger @faircatherine @chasewilson__ @ken.d.resseger @danalokokay @cameronmartinstudio @ernestbryant3 @chicfila69

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STRANGE SENSATION thru 5/18 @foyer_la Chinatown LA @danalokokay @chicfila69 @geoffseelinger @cameronmartinstudio @faircatherine @ladrecio @awelton @chasewilson__ @ernestbryant3 @ken.d.resseger

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STRANGE SENSATION

Several of the artists in the project turn toward nature and hold it with utter reverence. Geoff Seelinger observes the natural surroundings of his Topanga home “with painting to explore undiscovered inner territories, cognitive associations and order amid organic chaos.” He reflects on perceived histories of growth and offenses- both natural and human occurrences. Andrea Welton’s paintings are made in response to the lived experience of the body in nature. She incorporates foraged natural materials from excursions in her paintings, calling attention to the fragility of these depicted extraordinary landscapes. Catherine Fairbanks, an artist and a critical care nurse, approaches her roles as two diverse but equal forms of commitment. Her dreamy ethereal landscapes pulse in and out of formation through her layered chalky colors and shifting horizons. Fairbanks shares about her work: “The idea that we are acting along trajectories shaped by humans of many other eras is certainly at the core of my work as both an artist and a nurse.” Sam Cockrell ritually documents his interface with the natural world- usually an animal-often initially with photographic means which he later translates in airbrush. This soft blur-like quality distorts the viewer’s placement within the observed space. Cockrell’s paintings are small and personable with the date of each interaction, establishing that the exchange is up close-possibly ours as well- yet his attention to color and atmospheric space make the experience feel dream-like, otherworldly. Cockrell expresses, “I discovered in nature the non-utilitarian delights that I sought in art. Both were a form of magic, both were a game of intricate enchantment and deception.” Group project @foyer_la thru 5/18 Chinatown LA installation 📸 @jefffmclane

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The idea of an opening, a space in-between, that both distances and draws close, permeates FOYER-LA’s current project STRANGE SENSATION. Time appears to be altered and distilled in this new terrain. The artists’ processes involve acts of everyday observations from their environment and the natural world. Sometimes the result is mystical and otherworldly. Sometimes the translation reaches a simplification of line, form and color. Much of the work, recognizable as landscapes, or as Chase Wilson’s work is described as “an interrupted type of figuration”, emphasizes the “magic” of the normal world as it presents itself to us.
An amazing group of artists- @cameronmartinstudio @faircatherine @danalokokay @geoffseelinger @awelton @ken.d.resseger @chasewilson__ @ernestbryant3 @chicfila69 @ladrecio thru 5/18 @foyer_la Chinatown LA

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