February: Devin Bernard

Devin Bernard's paintings are concerned with providing a strict order to his compositions.  Colors, textures and form are repeated throughout to keep the eye moving around the picture and to pull the composition together.  “Painting to me is a passion that gives meaning to my life.  It is my way of trying to explore the deepest mysteries:  what we are, how do we know and love each other, and why we even exist at all. My paintings are an expression of what it’s like to be human.  All my pictures contain representations of people because there is no “reality” without a human presence to give meaning to the universe.  These people are anonymous since I’m not interested in representing individuals.  They are, instead, archetypes that express philosophical ideas concerning identity, time, memory and the difficulty that we have in understanding and relating to one another."