November's Artist is "Drawn" to Painting...

"I'm 'drawn' to painting. Not a philosophy - just a desire to paint - an emotion, a feeling, an intuitive moment that sparks the energy taking control of the brush and/or palette knife and before I realize it, the piece takes on a life of it's own. You ask Renee, she'll say "It was completed two days ago - you can stop working now." Compulsive Creation? Maybe, but that's not for me to know for I just paint.

-Rick Senft, 2011

November's artist, Rick Senft has a connection with his brush and/or palette knife that he is able to put on canvas what he sees, from photos of his own or from his mind's eye. He takes one on a trip through the Caribbean, the Pennsylvania Amish country, or Walnut Beach using his different styles and techniques of painting.

"Teal Cottage" - oils - Rick Senft

When you view "Amish Cadillac" you can feel the breath of the horse, hear his hooves hitting the pavement, the wheels of the carriage turning...it was captured at that moment like a snapshot.

"Amish Cadillac" oils by Rick Senft

The energy vibrates from each canvas as you walk by that it pulls you back to take a few moments to look and you are captured at that moment, feeling the emotions that had been fused into each brush stroke..."Junkanoo" gives way to hearing the calypso band playing, the drums sing as the drummer hits each note like a xylophone...

"Junkanoo" - oils - by Rick Senft

Rick's sixth sense, his intuitive feeling he gets, "draws" him to see a scape that yearns to be placed on canvas for others to enjoy. Each subject calls out to him as he walks by, he, hearing the calls, he listens to that one subject that brings his emotions to the top, the feelings ready to overflow on to the canvas, he grabs a brush, a palette knife and "IT" begins...his strokes, deliberate, yet almost melodious as he goes with the flow of the energy that has taken control....When finished, he, surprised at what he sees, starts to fine tune it instead of letting "IT BE." The reason for Renee to say "...you can stop working now..."

Rick Senft will be exhibiting at SoBoBo from November 1st to November 30th...come visit and see how you are "drawn" to each piece...picking up the energies...SoboBo, 42 Naugatuck Avenue, is opened Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from noon to 6:00 pm.

JOIN US on Thursday, November 10th for Rick Senft's Opening Reception from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm...in conjunction with the Last Art Stroll of 2011...

Enjoy the evening meeting new acquaintances, greeting old friends...