John Mills’ solo show at Rosamund Felsen Gallery, For Your Eyes Only, is all about what you observe. Above, the artist invites you to take a look.
Above, Mills’ Nature Crush – are we loving nature to death?
Evoking tribal art, Matisse, and the art of post-minimalist Richard Tuttle, Mills’ large scale oil, pencil, and graphite works are uniquely his own. There’s humor and insight in these often symbolic and whimsical works.
“For me, in the end, what I like to work on is visual signs, what makes an image, the lines, the shape, the form. I question the idea of consciousness. As an artist, the image ends up being a stand in for you, a mirror, a way to contemplate your existence,” Mills says.
“I find pleasure in making pictures that can be light but that also bring in conceptual ideas,” the artist relates.
Scoring his paint when wet, using pencil on top of dry paint, his work is all about “the process of making a picture.”
Whether you connect with his symbols or engage with the delicate yet edgy design, Mills work is about seeing, and his vision is one to behold.
The gallery is located at: 1923 S Santa Fe Ave #100
Los Angeles, CA 90021
- Genie Davis; all photos: Jack Burke