Face Guts
4136 Verdugo Road
Los Angeles, CA 90065

On view March 28 - April 25th

“There is something going on beneath these 19 drawings that is beyond words. An attention to the mood of things. A kind of deep looking where you spend very little time telling yourself that what you're seeing is a tree or a mountain or a broken down old barn. They have the feeling of looking into a crypt or staring at an oncoming tsunami. They embody moments of clarity, tears, heartache and bliss. When I tell you that Timothy and his wife, Kelli, lost their dream house in the Eaton Canyon fire you'll see the whole picture. I knew about their loss before I saw this work. So when I saw it I knew what it was. It brought me back to the panicked moments where my family grabbed a few things and drove away. Smelling the smoke, and seeing a red horizon in a place where it couldn't be the sunset. These drawings don’t feel stuck in fear and sadness, though. They read as a form of recovery to me. This kind of deep looking and feeling leads to healing and a desire to rebuild what is lost.” -Face Guts Gallery