CHARLOTTE JACKSON FINE ART presents
DAVID SIMPSON: Paintings
January 9 – February 7
Opening Reception, Saturday January 10, 2 – 4 p.m.
554 S. Guadalupe in the Railyard Art District.

In Paintings, the viewer can view a collection of Interference paintings by David Simpson from over the course of four decades. Ranging from the massive 6-foot diameter Tondos to the small 6x6-inch squares, these pieces shine and shift as the viewer moves around them.

The Tondos are large enough to feel almost like portals into a world of pure color. The depths and roil of purple in Violet Idyl contrast with the elegant golden orange of Cyprian Tondo. A piece like Rosa Reverso shifts dramatically from a subtle, dusty rose-mauve to a shining gold, while a piece like Over & Under Lavendar seems to shift through every possible permutation of the color. The smaller works, move differently but still shift and shine remarkably. From the greeny undertones within the copper sheen of Yellow Copper 6 to the moody aqua of Ryder 6 or the frosted and shadowed orchid-magenta Small Universe, these pieces present a continuing evolution of colors.

The viewer moves along with this mysterious inner-shifting of light and shadow. We follow the glint, dive into the dark, ride along the tide of shifting hues. In the heart of winter, our phototrophic selves move through the gallery like flowers tracking sun.