John Santoro - Mud Time: And Other Forces of Nature

September 12, 2024 - November 16, 2024
Reception: Thursday, September 12, 5-7pm

new location 2251 W GRAND

The title of this show is inspired by the Joan Mitchell painting Mud Time painted in 1960 that I saw at SFMOMA at her retrospective 'Joan Mitchell' in 2021-22. Her title was derived from a Robert Frost poem written in 1934 where he describes both the effects of weather in April and his conflict between doing labor (in the case of the poem, chopping wood) and mankind's conflict between doing an activity (in my case painting) for pleasure or purpose of life, pay, or need, or simply put, the conflict between vocation and avocation. Forces of Nature furthers my inspiration with extreme weather both extraordinary in simple beauty or the dangerous, violent weather patterns that seem to erupt with consistency these days.

John Santoro
Mud Time: April Coastline, 2024
oil on canvas
36 x 36 inches
signed, dated and titled verso
#13858
John Santoro
Mud Time: April Mist, 2024
oil on canvas
36 x 36 inches
signed, dated and titled verso
#13857
John Santoro
Mud Time: April Rain, 2024
oil on canvas
36 x 36 inches
signed, dated and titled verso
#13855
John Santoro
Mud Time: April Storm, 2024
oil on canvas
36 x 36 inches
signed, dated and titled verso
#13856
John Santoro
April Snow, 2024
oil on canvas
14 x 11 inches
signed, dated and titled verso
#13864
John Santoro
April Beach Snow, 2023
oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
signed, dated and titled verso
#13862
John Santoro
Springtime Thunder Snow, 2022
oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
signed, dated and titled verso
#13859
John Santoro
Poseidon's Sneaker Wave, 2023
oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
signed, dated and titled verso
#13760
John Santoro
Pleasure Island #2, 2023
oil on canvas
16 x 20 inches
signed, dated and titled verso
#13762