Visual Music, the artwork of Donald Archer
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Date & Time
Sat, Nov 09 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Address (map)
410 Palm Ave. Loft A-1
Fifteen years of Donald Archer’s creative effort will be represented by 36 paintings in the exhibition “Visual Music” hosted by the Palm Loft Gallery from November 9 to December 15.
The artist will be on hand to meet the public at this opening reception.
One of the original members of the Oak Group, Donald Archer became friends with the group’s founder Arturo Tello several years before group’s formation more than 35 years ago. Curated by Tello who is gallery owner-director, the show features mostly abstracted landscapes as well as several figurative and autobiographical works, which act as a counterpoint and enhancement for the wall arrangements. Archer’s most recent paintings are almost completely abstract, more harmonious, delicate, and airy than his earlier work and yet inescapably calling up the California landscape.
Archer’s paintings are life-affirming and positive, creating an uplifting mood that is like being surrounded by beautiful music. That philosophy perfectly accords with the aims of the Palm Loft Gallery, also known as “the temple of song” for its great acoustics and musical events.