October 9 - November 13, 2021
From Valley House Gallery:
“About this exhibition, Miles Cleveland Goodwin says:
“I’ve spent most of my life painting in the American South. My work is usually a reflection of life around me. I see people and places that are passed by, disregarded by contemporary society. Yet, they fully exist in our time, and are a part of what makes life rich and meaningful. My instinct is to salvage the forgotten and unappreciated, and elevate the discarded.
This painting is a portrait of my Uncle Tom, and his dog Duke. Tom is an outpost in rural Mississippi, his family around him all gone, except Duke. An important part of the painting is my reflection in the closing door signifying the chapters in life that inevitably end.
I want to paint things that have a spiritual integrity—paintings that show the truths of life. My painting is all I have to let the world know how I feel. I’m not very good with other forms of communication. I feel a responsibility to be a public servant, to show you things with love, colored by a melancholy soul.”
Miles Cleveland Goodwin was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, and spent his youth in the South. He earned his BFA at Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon. He currently lives and works in Georgia. This is his fourth solo exhibition at Valley House Gallery. A catalogue will be published to accompany the exhibition, with an essay by Andrew J. Walker, PhD.”
Reception: October 9, 2021 | 3–7 pm
6616 Spring Valley Road
Dallas, 75254 TX
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