Still Waters
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The theme of “homecoming” is an influence in Clay Wagstaff's work, addressed in great epic literature such as The Odyssey and Pilgrim’s Progress. This is a home of the spirit and the heart, as well as a familiar physical place. Wagstaff makea use of various pictorial elements such as rivers, constellations, paths and fields, intending to suggest the idea of a remembered “home” or, the act of “journeying towards home”.
Sometimes he intends for the trees in his paintings, and other elements, to be metaphoric representations. However, WagstaffI doesn’t feel it is necessary for viewers to “know” his personal symbols in order to feel that his work—if it is successful in blending chaos and cosmos into a beautiful whole—has a spiritual base. Clay Wagstaff would like others to feel peace and order when they view his work, and perhaps, a desire to “return home”.
Visit Clay F Wagstaff 's page for more information on this fine Utah Artist.
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| Don't miss the 85th Annual Spring Salon at the Springville Museum of Art in Springville. Modeled after the famous annual Paris Salon, the Springville Museum of Art’s Spring Salon has become the premiere annual art exhibition of Utah. The Salon features the best artists in the state, working in a variety of styles and media. Exhibit opens April 26 and runs through July 5. Look for UtahArtists Osral B. Allred, John Berry (Merit Award for Factory Butte), Wendy Chidester (First Place Award for Dalton on Red"), Linda Curley Christensen, Chris Miles, Bonnie Posselli, (Merit Award for Respite) |
