Arthur Comings
Monkish Door at the Falkirk Mansion
"I put my trust in the materials that confront me, because they put me in touch with the unknown" -- Robert Rauschenberg
I grew up listening to what is now called Border Radio in San Diego, California -- just across the Mexican border from AM rhythm and blues stations too powerful to be licensed in the US. The harmonies, cadences, and chord progressions that I learned back then have stayed with me through the years, and their gritty inspiration drives me in my studio every day.
All of the pieces you see here are imbued with the blues, from the scrounging of raw materials in urban streets and rural junkyards, through the incessant improvisation as I pull disparate materials together, to the final decision that I have assembled something new and lasting.
I hope that these pieces — abstract, all of them — express something about the tangled, messy, sometimes magnificent strategies we all use to make peace with the demons inside of us, and with the world outside.
All of the pieces you see here are imbued with the blues, from the scrounging of raw materials in urban streets and rural junkyards, through the incessant improvisation as I pull disparate materials together, to the final decision that I have assembled something new and lasting.
I hope that these pieces — abstract, all of them — express something about the tangled, messy, sometimes magnificent strategies we all use to make peace with the demons inside of us, and with the world outside.
You can click any of the silver buttons below to learn more about my work. Please note that several of the pieces on these pages have been rented out to decorate new lofts in San Francisco. Feel free to contact me about rental terms.
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