April 12, 2008 – 3:15 pm
As you know, I’ll be exhibiting tomorrow in the Cactus Gallery Spring Exposition. I sent out invitations last week (I hope you got yours! If not, please subscribe to my mailing list. I don’t inundate you with emails, but I will let you know about important events!)
I received several lovely emails prompted by my invitation, and I just had to share one with you. Nikolay Michailov has been a fan of my painting since he first saw some of my works exhibited at a downtown Montreal exhibit last year, and his description of how he feels when he sees one of my paintings is art in its own right.
He wrote:
“Hello Duane,Thank you for the invitation. I’m looking forward to enjoying your new works. I’m still under the spells of your subway station. I don’t know how to explain this, but the transitions of colors, rich subtle and bold at the same time, almost stopped my breath.
I don’t remember if I told you this, but I had a similar experience 12 years ago. We were traveling in Germany during the Christmas break. We reached Nuremberg on a cloudy chilly day and entered one of the gothic cathedrals in the old city, just to warm up a bit. The sun came out at the same time, and its rays refracted through painted glasses in the windows, fired up the columns, reached the ceiling far in the sky and reflected from the mosaic on the floor. The space of the cathedral lived as an enormous vibrating body of colors, and I felt myself involved in the game. My heart was beating so fast that I was in panic and didn’t know should I close my eyes to come back to normal, or let it go whatever the outcome would be.
Your paintings touch the same strings, and it was a pleasure to see your colors in Montreal.
Thank you,
Nikolay”
The painting he’s referring to is sold. It’s called Newport-Pavonia.

If you’d like to learn more about this painting, please visit the Newport-Pavonia post.
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