"It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes."   ~Saint Thomas Aquinas

by Tanya Davis

"A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything."   ~Gustav Mahler

‎"Artist/Patron" Exhibition Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery Nantucket, MA Hosted by the AAN Board of Directors. Members-only reception Thursday, August 19, 6-8 p.m. Open to the public August 20. Artist/Patron Exhibition runs through Aug. 30th.

"But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?"   ~James Thurber

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."  ~Henry Ward Beecher

Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery 19 Washington St, Nantucket, MA People's Choice Exhibition August 6 ~ 16 Opens Friday, August 6 with a reception from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Although he did some portraits, still lifes and paintings of everyday scenes of the time, he was mainly a landscape painter. His works reflect his quiet  and desolate temperament. Predominantly gray cloudy days which blend into pale greens, purples, browns and faded red. Landscapes are deeply nostalgic poetic content that transmit vibrations of nature.

"Chaos is a friend of mine."   ~Bob Dylan

"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone."   ~ Henry David Thoreau