Endless Seasons, Tom Wixo - April 19 - June 7
In the Midwest seasons dictate everything. Your mood, your food, your work, your relationships, and most importantly your relationship to time. I oriented my whole life on the changing of the seasons - taking stock every time the ground froze and thawed again. It’s easy to see which quarter you’re in and how much time is left on the clock. When I moved to LA, the structure disappeared and everything turned into a pick up game. Days are long, the weather is good, and it’s hard to notice that anyone is getting older. It’s a good place to make paintings because they also refuse to accept the pressures of time. It’s a hard place to live for a long time because our lives are always affected by time. Maybe there’s a way that my paintings can add some structure to it all, give us something to hold on to or orient against to keep it all from blurring together.
-Tom Wixo