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Larry Turner, a part of the local art scene for 40 years, is having a showing of recent work(Reverse Cowboy/ Bronco Buck) at Ananda West in the Wedge Building, 37 Payne’s Way, Asheville 28801 with an opening reception Friday, January 15th beginning at 6:30 pm continuing through the middle of March.
Most of the new work he characterizes as expressive-representational is based upon an image of a bucking bronco and rider he found in a newspaper while traveling in Wyoming. Images from the past like pointers, green man, Bacchus also make guest appearances. The paintings include bits of ephemera he has collected over the last 35-40 years. These include labels, tickets, show stubs etc. sometimes with dates which act as a diary to key a memory of when and where they came from. He first started collecting “litter” in the late 70s while traveling extensively in India where there are so many colorful and graphic labels. Many of the “bits” in the recent works are from those bags.
Although the bronco started out merely as an image to use to get on with the practice of painting; as always it led to other things and can refer to Turner’s path of life he has followed through the years of “going for a ride.”
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