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Alexis Serio "Chasing the Day" Through my paintings, I continually explore the experience of seeing light. With this body of work, I look to physical surroundings to help shape and shift my vision in the landscape. A cluster of trees simultaneously act as both a filter and instrument-they impose new paths for the light through their openings, or create a web of mapping from their cast linear shadows. A tree, silhouetted by the sky, transforms the colors between its limbs and alters all logic for a moment. A branch from above throws down a size and place while ignoring its own size and place. I hope to present a space that at once may deny a sense of reasoning
yet connect with a sensual reality for the viewer. Light frenzy-a paradox of visual calmness and chaos that happen when experiencing transient light in the landscape. This movement may be observed as a tranquil and foreseeable cycle of day into night into day. It may also be perceived as noisy disorder-the bouncing light stirring up life around it. Both occur at the same time. I hope to present a space where the viewer may witness this simultaneous
event: feeling a sense of serenity and vigor in ever fleeting light.
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