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COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND BLUE SPIRAL 1 GALLERY
Dandelion, Late Spring (incised aluminum panel, 47x47) by Mitchell Lonas
unceasing, like war, but don’t let that thought in, think stem and strange aster, think comet – then turn to look at the moon – standing in secret, in public, unseen in the shadow and spectacle, holding your hand to look at the fireworks, which sometime must end, in smoke that cocoons the beach and the long traffic jam leading inland, so look at the moon, how it rises on, fading, its peachiness gone to pearl as we lean back one last time to look at the fireworks! look at the moon!
MITCHELL LONAS lives and maintains a studio practice in Asheville, NC. A Tennessee native who studied art history at the University of Tennessee, he was a respected portrait painter before transitioning to his current style. The artist’s work has been widely exhibited in galleries such as Callan Contemporary and Gallery Bienvenu, and is featured in notable private, public, institutional, and corporate collections, among them a series of large-scale commissions for Nordstrom department stores. See more of his work on his website.