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Tim Mooney
artists' statement
Painting is the poetry of the visual world. It is seen, and is a way of seeing; it reveals, and is a path of revelation; it is a knowing, and a being known. Painting is communication between artist and subject, a dialogue of courage and playfulness, attention and forgetfulness, freedom and discipline, willfulness and surrender; a dialogue in which the distinction between artist and subject becomes blurred. I am always surprised by this conversation, by what I say and what is said or even only hinted at. Each finished painting reverberates with the echoes of the banter and silence that created it. But to say that a painting speaks is saying too much, or better yet, not saying enough, for something is signified visually that cannot be put into words.
Painting is a way of attending to creation and a way of being created, a practice deeply spiritual, personal, and communal. Color and texture, line and form signify and mean beyond all naming and intention, pointing within and beyond to the mystery of self, other, world, and spirit. Painting captures something of life’s essence and sets it free. Painting captures and sets me free.
I paint from and with my imagination; inside-out, and hope others in reflection go from outside-in. My paintings are an invitation to explore the soul’s landscape, to attract and repulse the internal portrait, to feel abstraction, to simplify, or to wonder at primary speech or gesture. I am self-taught artist. Yet experiment and failure, enlightenment and disillusionment - happening constantly - continue to be my most faithful teachers and companions. I have learned to trust them.
Shows and Installations
Artist in Residence and Speaker
Called To Create:
The Communion of Art and Faith
Alliance of Baptists Convocation
March 28-30, 2008
New Orleans, LA
Winter Greens
Solo Show
December 20 – January 17, 2007
Ross Valley Winery
San Anselmo, CA
“Dappled Day”
Presence: International Journal of Spiritual Direction
Vol. 13, No. 4, December 2007, p. 22.
Ripple Effect
Nov. 3-Dec. 12, 2007
Solano College Vacaville Center
Vacaville, CA
Vail Arts Festival
August 10-12, 2007
Vail, CO
Variety Fair, Group Show
May 10 – June 15, 2007
Artscape Gallery
Walnut Creek, CA
The Last Supper: Betrayal or Forgiveness
Performance Piece for Maundy Thursday
April 5, 2007
Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church
Lafayette, CA
Arts Benicia
Group Show
February 2007
Benicia, CA
Recent Works
Solo Show
May 4-June 29, 2006
University Club
San Francisco, CA
Advent Anew
Solo Show
December 2006
Clayton Valley Presbyterian Church
Clayton, CA
Easter Tide
Progressive Installation
Lent and Eastertide 2005
Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church
Lafayette, CA
Group Show
July 20, 2002
Fourth St. Studio
Berkeley, CA
Recovering the Language of Lament
May-June 2002
Montreat Conference Center
Montreat, NC
Skyscapes
Solo Show, 2001
Papillon Café and Gallery
Lafayette, CA
Lafayette Art & Wine Festival
Juried Art Show, 1999
Category: Winning Artists
Lafayette, CA
This page last updated on: 04/03/08
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