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Lyrical Expressionist
Bernard Re, Jr. Artist Statement
Greetings: In talking to someone at a recent show that I was participating in I realized that what I am trying to do with my yard [Out in my yard - BLOG) is the same thing that I am trying to do in my painting. 'Capture possibilities'. Or maybe even more accurately create a setting that is open to possibilities and discovery. A little history: It has been a journey from -- mental energy waves -- to DNA strands -- to Strings... "...According to string theory, absolutely everything in the universe - all of the particles that make up matter and forces - is comprised of tiny vibrating fundamental strings. Moreover, every one of these strings is identical. The only difference between one string and another, whether it's a heavy particle that is part of an atom or a massless particle that carries light, is its resonant pattern, or how it vibrates..." (The Elegant Universe, Brian Green) -- to the process of "...what it feels like from within experience." "...emergentism, which basically states that the interiority, or consciousness, of brain matter is an emergent property and a product of ordinary matter at a certain level of evolution." -- to the present "...The so-called observer is actually the participator, an integral part of the quantum system. The essence of the revelation is this: The quantum domain consists wholly of possibilities and probabilities, 'existing ' together in a kind of suspended animation. In quantum physics, these probabilities are described as a matrix of wave functions -- mathematical waves of probability. The remarkable thing is that any particular probability becomes an actuality only when observed. In quantum-speak, this is called the 'collapse of the wave function' -- one particular actuality is 'collapsed' out of many superimposed probability waves." (Radical Nature, Christian de Quincey). My work is a story that flows and emerges as a process from mind to mind. The painting serving as the mental expression by the artist, opening a portal to an impression formed in the mind of the observer -- who brings meaning to the image as they view it and bring it into the world. Bernard Re, Jr.
See other paintings [HERE]
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Evolution of style:
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c1970: Nourishment - bite taken out of a piece of bread and the mental image of a sandwich.
NEW 2005-CURRENT enamel paintings [HERE]
c1980: The declining landscape - the land in motion
c2003: I went back to my graphic design roots. Creating "media band" albums. Collage binders that capture a certain timeframe. Some have a theme. Some are more scapbook in nature. The album pages are then scanned or photographed and reconfigured as a multi-media work. The physical media band collage albums can be wall-mounted and displayed in home, office, museum or gallery venues.
The String Theory catches up with my linear style... "...According to string theory, absolutely everything in the universe‹all of the particles that make up matter and forces‹is comprised of tiny vibrating fundamental strings. Moreover, every one of these strings is identical. The only difference between one string and another, whether it's a heavy particle that is part of an atom or a massless particle that carries light, is its resonant pattern, or how it vibrates.
..." [Read More] and "...One of the strangest features of string theory is that it requires more than the three spatial dimensions that we see directly in the world around us. That sounds like science fiction, but it is an indisputable outcome of the mathematics of string theory. So the question is, where are these extra dimensions?..." - Brian Greene [Nova Interview] New enamel painting HERE. Go to | Works By Title List.
cCOLLEGE YEARS: See some college work to give you a look at my progression of style.
c1969: Visit the WAY-BACK-FILES and get a peek at what I was doing in high school. Thanks to Judy MacDonald my high school art teacher I survived.
If you would like to be notified when I complete a new work or have another show please e-mail me at bre@globalhome.com.
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Biography
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Since the early 1970s I have taken part in many gallery and museum group shows and exhibitions. The list includes shows in Connecticut, my home state, in Boston as a member of The Copley Society of Artists, in New York City Soho gallery district and in Montreal, Canada as a participant in an international art exhibition. My work has found a place in private homes, student dorm rooms and offices. While living in Sioux City, Iowa I was a founding member of the Fourth Street Gallery Artists Cooperative. I was educated in Boston, Mass. attending New England School of Art and Massachusetts College of Art. I live and have my studio in Canaan, Connecticut. I am a member of the Norwich Arts Council Cooperative Gallery in Norwich, Connecticut and the Westport Art Center in Westport Connecticut.
Bernard Re, Jr.
(860) 824-1010 Go to | Works By Title List. NEW 2005-CURRENT enamel paintings [HERE]
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Visit the November 2007 Update:Series Title: The six seasons: Spring, Beltane (May 1), Summer, Autumn, Samhain (Nov. 1), Winter.
Paintings will be on exhibit at the Hygienic Gallery in New London CT from November 17 through December 23, 2007.
Beltane painting, 8 x 10, enamel on panel.
These two painting hung in The News In Revue theatre this summer in the Bekshires. The photo below is from a exhibit at Molten Java Cafe in September 2007.
(left) Obama-O-Free (right) Hill-Bill-ery, both 36 x 36, enamel on panel.
Other new work:
Title: Portrait of Gertrude Stein (after Picasso) (painting on green wall)
Title: A Box (painting on red wall)
Paintings were completed for the May 19 and 20, 2007 Blue Iguana Room's performace of Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein in Pittsfield, MA. Paintings are four foot square, the largest works that I have completed thus far. The portrait used Picasso's painting as source material and A Box uses a segment from the prose poem Objects by Gertrude Stein.Sicily Paintings:
Title: Driveway at Fontana Calda
Painting of the driveway entry to the villa Fontana Calda in Sciacca, Sicily. Our home during our visit in February 2007. [Carnevale Sciacca]
Title: The Olive Grove
Painting of the olive grove at villa Fontana Calda.Title: Portrait of Joey Sage Jablonski: Parking lot, 2 a.m., pottery wheel, wonder
This portrait of Joey was just juried into the National Spring Open Juried Exhibition at the Wayne Arts Center, Wayne, PA.Title: Astraea: Shakespeare and Elizabeth I
This painting and five others of mine (and abstract sculpture by Joey Sage Jablonski) are currently (May 17, 2007 - Jun 10, 2007) on exhibit at Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, MA. in the The Science of Abstraction: show. [LARGER VIEW] Astraea (with source materials around it. This was inspired by pages 9-16 in The Virgin in the Garden, by A.S. Byatt, "My Care is like my shaddow in the sunne / followes on the fliinge, flies when I pursue it..." The painting seeks to captures the images of Elizabeth I and Shakespeare. In a possible play that they are one and the same.
Title: Into the Earth, Out of the Earth
This is the first collaborative work that Joey Sage Jablonski and I have completed. It combines my painting and her ceramic scupture. (Sexy.) We will be having a two person show entitled, Infectious Christening, in July 2007 at the NAC Cooperative Gallery in Norwich, CT.
Title: Angry Sun: Birds without wings
Inspired by lyrics from a David Gray song, Birds without wings..
Go to | OLDER selected works By Title List.
OTHER enamel paintings | HEREExhibition History
2007 June 2007 National Spring Open Juried Exhibition at the Wayne Arts Center, Wayne, PA.2007 May 2007 Painting for Blue Iguana Room's performace of Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein in Pittsfield, MA. Paintings are four foot square, the largest works that I have completed thus far.
2007 May - June 2007 Lascano Gallery (Great Barrington, MA) group show.
2007 May 2007 Burnham Library (Bridgewater, CT) one person show.
2007 April 2007 Art Well (Torrington, CT) meet gallery owners exhibit. My work was chosen by a gallery in West Hartford to be included in a group show.
2007 March 2007 Real Art Ways (Hartford, CT (fund raising event).
2007 January - June 2007 Corporate hanging at Virtrue Inc, corportae headquarters, 20 Glover Avenue, Norwalk, CT (leasing arrangement).
2007 January - The White Gallery (Lakeville, CT) group invitational show.
2006 November 1 - December 10 - Place Housatonic Valley Art League's Regional Juried Exhibit at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts Gallery (Pittsfield, MA). [VIEW PAINTING]
2006 November 2 - December 10 - Beauty Mystery Magic at Garnersville Arts Project Gallery (Garnersville, NY). [VIEW PAINTING]
2006 October 5 - October 27 - Think Pink annual breast cancer awareness exhibit at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts Gallery (Pittsfield, MA). [VIEW PAINTING]
2006 September 24 - October 20 - The Ridgefield Guild of Artists in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Jurors: Rene lynch and Julian Jackson, co-directors and owners of METAPHOR CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY. [VIEW PAINTING]
2006 July 29 -September 10, 2006, Artwell's 10th Annual Juried Exhibition, Torrington CT. Showing Lizard Brain selected as the winner of the SILVER GAVEL AWARD, Juror: Jennifer Gross, Curator of Contempory and Modern Art, Yale Art Gallery (New Haven, CT) [VIEW PAINTING]
2006 July 14-24, 2006 - Westport Art Center members Solo Exhibition, Westport, CT, fifteen paintings
2006 May/June - Wayne Arts Center National Spring Open Juried Exhibition, Wayne, PA., painting Self Awareness [VIEW].
2006 April - One Old. Six Recent The Douglas Library (Canaan, CT).
2006 March - Green (Irish) Show Lichtenstein Center for the Arts Gallery (Pittsfield, MA). One painting.
2006 February - The Slater Museum (Norwich, CT) 63rd. Annual Connecticut Artists Juried Exhibition in the Converse Gallery. Juror, Chet Kempczynski (recipiant of a recent Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant). The show included only 100 works by Connecticut artists. [VIEW PAINTING IN SHOW]
2006 February - Storefront Artists Fund Raiser (Pittsfield, MA). One painting. Donated and sold.
2006 January - New Paintings Molten Java Cafe (Bethel, CT). Eleven paintings.
2005 December - 6 x 6 Norwich Arts Cooperative Gallery (Norwich, CT). Twelve 6 x 6 inch panels painted as one work. Separate paintings that can stand alone.
2005 October - Think Pink, breast cancer awareness exhibition (Pittsfield, MA) [SEE PAINTING IN SHOW]
September 2005 - Mind-Hues Golden Street Gallery (New London, CT), Two person show. [PAINTINGS THAT SOLD DURING THE SHOW: Loster Martini, Why the Ban Sidhe howls and Cross Headed Election]
2005 August - Written Words at Norwich Arts Cooperative Gallery group show (Norwich, CT)
2005 July - Methods and Madness a one-person exhibition of works by Bernard Re, Jr. (me) spanning over thrity-years. Norwich Arts Council Gallery (Norwich, CT)
2005 May - The 56th Annual Art of the Northeast Silvermine Guild Arts Center (Norwalk, CT), Juried by Elizabeth Smith, Chief Curator, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, [SEE PAINTING IN SHOW]
2005 May - Agaate Salat Gallery (Norwich, CT), Man VS Nature: Politics, Society... (multiple works).
2005 April - Hoxie Gallery (Westerly, RI) group show (four painting)
2005 February - Hygienic Gallery (New London, CT) group show (one painting)
2005 February - Agaate Salat Gallery (Norwich, CT), Black History Month Show (two paintings).
2004 December 4 and 5 - New London Open (New London, CT) I had thirty-one paintings on exhibit. This art event had over fifty artists exhibiting in storefronts and studios in downtown New London. I had a great time! Met artists, sold three paintings (I'm happy:) and found a vibrant community of local artists to become involved with.
2004 November/December - Norwich Arts Council Cooperative Gallery (Norwich CT) (Artists Cooperative Member) In October I was accepted as a member of the Norwich Arts Council Cooperative Gallery. The five new works below are now on exhibit as part of their annual 6 x 6 show (only works 6 inches x 6 inches are exhibited).
2004 October - Ask me how I feel, 18 x 24 oil painting. It was one of sixty works from over three hundred entries selected by juror Robert Cottingham for the 27th Annual Juried Exhibition running from October 3 through November 5, 2004 at The Ridgefield Guild of Artists in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
2004 October/December- The wood at night is one of eleven small works on exhibit in a group show titled Changing Patterns: The Art of Recovery from October 1 - November 26, 2004 at the Agaake Salat Gallery, 52 Broadway, Norwich, CT 06360. Many of these paintings are part of a series of what I call "Meditative Miniatures" that can either be hung on a wall or displayed on a mantel, desk or table.
2004 October - Lip Service and The Chemical Infection are part of a group show titled "Vote with Your Art" - Election Expressions at ArtWell Gallery an artists cooperative in Torrington, CT, October 2-October 31, 2004.
2004 - Artwell's 8th Annual Juried Exhibition (Torrington CT) (Artists Cooperative Member) (Juror: Andrea Miller-Keller, Curator of the 2002 Whitney Biennial and former curator of the Wadsworth Antheneum)
2004 - Democratic Party Festival (Kingston, NY) (art activism works)
2002 - Art For Peace (New Paltz, NY) (two paintings exhibited in group show in New Paltz Village Hall meeting room) (show index and photos of paintings)
2002 - Manna Dew Cafe, Vitamin & Herbs Room (Millerton, NY) (Six paintings exhibited) (show index and photos of paintings)
2002 - Ridgefield Guild of Artists (Ridgefield, CT) (25th Annual Juried Exhibition) (Juror: William Zimmer, Art Critic, New York Times Regional Sections)[ABOUT SHOW]
2002 - Artwell (Torrington CT) (Artists Cooperative Member)
2002 - La Prima Tazza Cafe (Lawrence KS) (One person show) (show index)
1999 through 2002 - Fourth Street Gallery (Sioux City, IA) (Artists Cooperative Member)
NOTE: I put aside my paints and brushes for a while to design and build our passive solar home here in northwestern Connecticut and to devote more time to my young family and my graphic design and marketing business. In 1994 I moved online and began working with online newspapers (NJ, IA, KS) and publishers. For a snapshot in time here is my commercial art career history with screen shots of the websites when I was leading them. I picked up my art again in 1997 and am now looking for a gallery to represent me as I look to paint more on a full time basis.
1985 - Small Works National Exhibition (Zaner Gallery) (Rochester, NY) (Juried/Group)
1985 - William Benton Museum of Art - Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 75th Exhibition (Storrs, CT) (Juried/Group)
1985 - Berkshire Artisans (Pittsfield, MA) (Juried/Group)
1982 - North Salem Gallery (NY) (Juried/Group)
1982 - New Britain Museum (CT) (Small Paintings Exhibition) (Juried/Group)
1979 - Stamford Museum & Nature Center (CT) (Connecticut sculptor and painters "Three Winners" exhibition) (One of a three person exhibition)
1979 - Intrnational Artists Exhibition (Montreal, Canada)
1979 - National Art Center (SoHo, NYC) (Juried/Group)
1979 - Paula Insel Gallery (New York, NY) (Juried/Group)
1975 - Silvermine Artists Guild (Norwalk, CT) (Juried/Group) (Winner of the Laura M. Gross Painting Award)
1973 through 1985 - Copley Society (Boston, MA) (Member/Juried/Group)
1971 - LBAA Gallery (New York, NY) (Juried/Group)
1974 - Kent Art Gallery (Kent, CT) (Juried/Group)
1973 - Rockport Art Association (Rockport, MA) (Juried/Group) (Second Prize Collage Award)
1972 - Museum School (Boston, MA) (Juried/Group)
1971 - Massachusetts College of Art Gallery (Boston, MA) (Juried/Group)
Please contact me at
bre@globalhome.com if you would like more information about a painting or details about commissioning work for your home or office.If you would like to be notified when I add other paintings to this page please e-mail me at
bre@globalhome.com.If you operate a gallery are a museum curator a collector - or *just* like my work - I would love to hear from you...
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