Darby Gowman

2013 Series: Adolescence

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Anew

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Cheers December 2013

Acrylic / Canvas

24x48

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You may know, I've been apart from the canvas for almost one month.  Nothing that could motivate me to paint was stronger than my fear of ruining what I had begun.  I saw myself as a different person than the self who executed the adolescence series, and now I see that I certainly am another.  

I painted this, after much deliberation, for my brother's Christmas gift. It looks nothing like me.  And now, two formal 2x4's later, I have absolutely no idea where I stand.  

With that said, Happy Holidays.  I have no idea what December will bring for my art, but after November's draught, I think something mad. 

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Recharge

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Ridgelea Street November 2013

Acrylic / Canvas

20x30

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            There is a faction of humans containing something, and one could not tell you precisely wherein.  I know nothing of its essence, which to me is only describable as a factory of torment that commands their fingers to the keys—to the brush, strives for fluent communication, and presses their minds to creation.  Their minds, these factories of torment, are not fulfilled in the realization of small successes.  The perspective of the mind is far confused as to manipulate things in the distance to be large, and once in the hands, so slight.  We are not about small successes. 

            For these men, comfort and satisfaction will only suppress their ideas together in nightmares.  And so they retreat from time to time for a moment, but do not be surprised to learn that they have not hibernated.  Rather, prepare yourself for wild disbelief in all that they have accomplished, all too soon, my friends. 

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Untitled

30x40

Acrylic / Canvas

October, 2013

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Catching

48x24

Acrylic / Canvas

October, 2013

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Unseen

Acrylic / Canvas

30x40

October, 2013

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All of These Things

Acrylic / Canvas

48x24

October, 2013

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Forget It 

Acrylic / Canvas

24x36

September, 2013

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I am an artist living in Dallas, Texas. I have begun creating a new series focusing on the emotional and psychological experiences of adolescence, ranging from anxieties and fears to coping mechanisms, accomplishment, and loss. I hope to shed light on the life we're living-- strung out between the fire of youth and the reality of death-- and to inspire the recollection of my experience in others.