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perception
by Phil Fisher and Natalie Guess
s artists, “Life is Art”. We live art daily in that we view excitement of what is revealing itself in the light and the colors that
the life around us with what is considered an “artful are around us. The shadows are also very reflective of various colors
A eye”. We have a tendency to notice subtle changes in in a subtle, yet dramatic visual expression. Beams of light can dance
the environment we are submerged in and it is in the light that across the surface of the water defining its quality of being calm
is changing constantly. The light is different at various times or active.
of the day and is affected by the weather and the sky that can Each artist approaches his paintings differently and interprets
be with or without clouds. Light, direct, reflected or diffused, how the color and light reveal the subject with the emotion he is
varies according to where we are in the world and the time feeling at the time. In Guess-Fisher Gallery, many of the paintings
of day. are of similar subject matter but carried out by the various artists
The early morning light is one that Phil prefers to create to achieve their translation of their particular excitement felt at the
his paintings in. It has a fresh feeling and is at an angle that time. They can see the same thing yet see it differently, which in
can glow off the side of a building or show off the pattern of a itself is sometimes just amazing. Some great examples of works by
palm tree shadow that is interesting in and of itself. Sometimes a variety of artists are on display at our gallery located currently at
the assumed subject can be considered inconsequential to the 985 Central Avenue in the Naples Design District.
www.PhilFisherFineArt.com www.Guess-FisherGallery.com
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