The Art Gallery Reception David Aughenbaugh

Join us on February 10th as we celebrate a new featured artist in The Art Gallery, David Aughenbaugh.

About the Artist

David Aughenbaugh

I was raised by a photographer and then went to art school. I have built a 30-year career in the film industry, including being part of the visual effects team for “First Man,” which won the Oscar for Visual Effects in 2019. I am now focusing my time on photography and digital painting and loving it!

I see myself as a surrealist. My work is not always strange or fantastic which many associates with surrealism, but those qualities are not requirements. Art is a mystery. The effect on the viewer is automatic and yet happens over time. It is also cumulative.

Visually, I like to explore abstraction. I like to evoke curiosity and a sense of mystery. I find power in simplicity, and joy in detail — getting lost in complexity. Nature is a perfect subject for this kind of journey because there is a fascination to be found at every scale, from the awe of wide-angle perspectives to the smallest detail. Nature bears the minutest scrutiny.

The guitarist Robert Fripp said that any piece of music takes a certain amount of time to have its effect on the listener. “If a given piece takes four minutest o have its effect, and you fade out after three and a half, you have wasted three and a half minutes.” I think the same is true of visual art. You get a first impression, and then your experience grows. This is one reason I work at large scale. The viewer is invited to linger and explore. – David Aughenbaugh

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