Exhibition Dates: December 4, 2009 – January 16, 2010

(Visual Art/Painting)
Location: Artspace, Lobby

Three years ago Linda Ruth Dickinson embarked on a journey to encounter the possibilities within vertical structures of color.  For Dickinson, this work is not only about hue, it is also an exploration in perception and optics. Her quest has also become an investigation of the feasibility of conveying or inferring narrative through the limits of line and chroma. Through her works, Dickinson implies movement and sequence, but the viewer’s participation is crucial. Each spectator provides the essential answer to each painting, bringing his or her own experience. Dickinson notes, “Through the eyegate our hearts recall moments of wholeness or churning, but reach for resolution.  Success determined by balance makes room for calm, as well as chaos.  Like a long piece of music, there are passages that awaken and passages of quiet; a lifeline through the medium of paint.”
 
Dickinson is a self-taught artist who was born and raised on the island of Taiwan to Midwestern American missionaries. Her work draws on this transcultural heritage. Dickinson’s work has been exhibited throughout the country and is represented by The Mahler Fine Art, Raleigh NC;  Tyndall Galleries, Chapel Hill, NC; Broadhurst Gallery, Pinehurst, NC; The Little Gallery, Smith Mountain Lake, VA; Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples, FL; Soho Myriad Gallery, Atlanta, GA; and the Dean Day Gallery, Houston, TX. Dickinson’s work is in numerous public and private collections.