The Persistence of Memory (1931)    

Salvador Dali, Spanish, 1904-1989     
Oil on Canvas, 13"x9.5", Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Salvador Dali was an accomplished painter who adopted Surrealism in 1928.  His bizarre and often striking images were based on Freudian subliminal dream sequences in which realistic objects symbolized something other than what they appeared to be.  He was a highly imaginative man given to eccentric and attention-seeking behaviors as is evident in the broad array of his work in the Dali museum located in Figueres, Spain.

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Facetime

Nancy Patrick Carney
Acrylic and collage on canvas.  26”x 22”
Does time show on our faces?  This eclectic and diverse group is united in time and space as they move through the picture.

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Persistence of Memory, After Dali    

Calvin deRuyter                                            Watercolor and ink on board, varnished
30”x38”    
My memories are a youth dominated by black and white, and the bursting into light and color when I entered the age of self-discovery and freedom.    

                                                                 

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Memories at Ponderosa

Emily Donovan Acrylic on Canvas
22” x 26” 
 A dreamlike memory of hitting a deer on the old dirt road suggests thoughts of mortality in this landscape.

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Invoking Dreams 

Susan Fryer Voigt
Encaustic on Panel
16”x16
My memories, encased in wax, overlapping and dripping, embedded in dreams, fractured and entertaining.

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Life Times

Pamela Weisdorf
Acrylic on panel            24”x18”x 1.5”
Time, space and memory are all fluid.  Dali was enthralled with Freud’s theories of the subconscious and often used images that symbolized something else.  What do you think this painting means?

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Time is Running out for the Polar Bear 

Emmy White
Watercolor with acrylic varnish finish
30”x22”
A stark landscape reminds us of global warming and the sad news that time is running out for the polar bear.

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