PDX Art: "The Edge of Vision" at the Hoffmann Gallery at Lewis & Clark College

"The Edge of Vision" plays with our visual cortex and makes us question what is real, what is observed, imagined, a true image or a chemical process. It asks does it really matter if we like what we see how its made, and how do we see, and how do we translate what we see into moods, actions, judgments and so on. No-thing is simple in this exhibit. Everything is a refelxetion of something else.

Photography is still the most magical of all the art technics and never seems to stop to surprise us with its possibilities. Abstraction is a great device to illicit an unusual response from our mind as it grapples to makes sense of something that doesn't attempt to make sense. Everything in nature seems to have a purpose or ulterior motive. Pure abstraction proves that something can exist without a purpose for survival and just for pure pleasure. A field of color can trigger as much inspiration as a field of tulips; geometric forms can mesmerize us as intensely as the human form.

PDX Art: "ViewFinder" new photography

"View Finder" New photography by Richard Schemmerer This series deals with the art of seeing more then there is. The eye is trained to transmit data but the brain decides what it sees. In the case of abstract photography all planes of our intellectual vaculties are engaged. Each person sees soemthing different with different or multible meanings. That is what keeps us coming back to the abstract like a doggy that is waiting to get its treat once it performs the trick correctly. In our case once we solve to riddle to our satisfaction.