Psychedelic Vision
02/10/2007 12:11 PM by Gretchen Schauffler
Psychedelic Vision
When Mark Randall called to tell me he wanted to use Devine Sumatra to color his new gallery space, it was a serendipitous moment. He owns Frame World, a frame shop which has “framed” the works of many artists and galleries over the years. Mark, his wife Barb Randall, and I go way back.
As homeowners they were some of the first to take a risk on my color-consulting abilities, and Barb, now a reporter and food columnist for the Lake Oswego Review (she has already snagged an award, and you have to check out her classes!), was the first “official” person to answer the phones at Devine Color. Her friendly, warm voice would greet my clients and hold their hands through all the worries about what I was going to do to their walls once I got there! I always say “creativity fuels the creative fire,” and here we are a decade later, still fired up about it.
Mark’s gallery space, CUBE, is situated right across from the landmark Beaverton Bakery. CUBE serves as the foyer to Mark’s frame shop, and starting in 2007 it will feature twelve artists a year. Greg Lewis, an abstract/mixed media artist who uses the print settings of a printer as a way of giving depth to his color, is showing for the month of February. And then there’s Colin Jury, Mark’s partner in CUBE, who uses a jet photo printer to produce and reproduce fine art. I saw some amazing color work, and I had to wonder: is technology opening the door to a new psychedelic experience of color? Then Colin pulled out the 3-D glasses, and I said to myself, “Hello 60’s!”
2007 by Colin Jury
Was I in the future or in the past? It was amazing to realize that 3-D glasses have, in Colin’s hands, become part of a modern “fine art” experience, and it was thrilling to see color treated in a more spatial way. And wow, these printers can manipulate colors to a level of vibrancy that your eyes will want to eat up. As I stared into Colin’s piece “2007,” looking just like a giddy ten year old in my oversized glasses, I thought about the way that human artistic expression keeps one foot in the future and one in the past. We discover new ways of working, new technologies and mediums, but the same things which moved our ancestors continue to move us. Colors, spaces, ideas: technology may change the way we do art, but nature has written into us an appreciation of natural beauty.
And among all the art, there was Devine Sumatra, a warm and natural, neutral color serving as the perfect doorman and giving all the glory to the art. I imagined a future gallery visit. As I step into the gallery, will I be garlanded with 3-D glasses on really cool chains, a welcome lei?
I have seen Devine Color as a background to a Picasso, and now, in 3-D. This is why I call my colors, timeless!
Gretchen Schauffler
Artist and Founder of Devine Color®
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Thanks so much for the love. oh typo we are not an asian frame shop frame large metal cylindrical cooking utensils…. change to wo R ks, please. You were thinking of food , were you not? Have a great Sunday. Mark
— mark 02/11/2007 11:04 AM #
ps: my bad typ[o: we are not an asian frame shop THAT…..frames.
Too early in the day for a bad typist. Mark
— mark 02/11/2007 11:07 AM #
There you go, I spell check and spell check, and yet, where is a Freudian slip checker when I need one? That one that tells you, hey, they can use a wok to cook but the work needs a frame! Can someone please pass the soy sauce…..
— gretchen Schauffler 02/11/2007 03:51 PM #
Nice blogging! Keep it coming—The pics and color descriptions make me want to repaint my bedroom—first! then tackle the family room. Spring is a great season to put new life into the nest.
We still need to set our date for revamping your pantry—let’s chat! B
— Barb Randall 02/12/2007 09:47 AM #
could you send me an email with the name of this flower? thanks
— Gabriela 04/15/2008 07:49 AM #
Unfortunately I have no Idea. I am sure that if you print the picture a plant nursery will be able to help you.
We draw images from all kinds of sources to tell our stories and do not always keep good track where they come from.
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— gretchen Schauffler 04/15/2008 10:12 PM #