A new exhibition of paintings from local artist Julia Mira will be presented at the library August 12 – through September 1st, artist talk August 12th 6-7pm
On the theme of “A Second Wind” Julia says: “So many things are past their sell-by date, and yet they only seem to get better as they age. Or at least, different. Come see how one artist explores this theme! ”
About Julia Mira:
Electromagnetic energy spreads from mile-long radio waves to frantic little gamma rays. The visible light that we notice is just a little blip somewhere near the middle of that vast rainbow.
If we lived at the pace of rocks, we’d see the slow swings of eons, mountains rising and stars jostling for North Star position. If we lived at the level of diatoms we’d struggle with Brownian motion as individual water molecules danced and shoved.
What you can see is always more than what you do see.
For years I lived off the grid in the San Juan Islands, surrounded by sheep, cedar, apple trees, salmon, tanagers, pillbugs, copepods, eagles, children, ducks, pie cherries, and other rural marvels. When I moved to Lopez Island, I found much of the same … except that now I can iron quilt squares without worrying about the load on the house batteries.
Sometimes I paint.