The Common Quiet ⋆ R. Sawan White

The Common Quiet examines the delicate relationship between the individual and the cultural systems that surround and entangle daily living. The paintings are built of layers of forms and colors, interplaying with one another and sometimes completely overshadowing each other. The resulting struggles are muted, subdued and tempered with much of the movement happening just below the surface. Throughout the series small forms pepper the color fields, sometimes obscured by larger forms and grids. They find themselves at the mercy of the surrounding, opportunity and occasion filtering the viewers ability to see them.

The exhibition opened at The Eric Schindler Gallery in 2018.

Painting by R. Sawan White, Contemporary Artist

I learned your geography lesson but I still didn’t understand

acrylic and water-soluble pencil on wood, 24″x24″

Sleeping safely in numbers

acrylic and watersoluble pencils on wood, 12″x12″

Painting by R. Sawan White, Contemporary Artist

just how greatly, greatly depends on the where

acrylic and water-soluble pencils on wood, 11″x14″

scribbling in the margins on the right

acrylic and water-soluble pencils on wood, 5″x7

Mapping the value charts together

acrylic and water-soluble pencils on wood, 18″x24″

Riding the moon to sleep

acrylic and water-soluble pencils on wood, 16″x20″

You talked of tempo and I talked of wind and we were both mistaken

acrylic and water-soluble pencils on wood, 16″x20″

I buried the sitting and look what grew

acrylic and water-soluble pencil on wood, 12″x16″

They wrapped cozy around the glow

acrylic and water-soluble pencils on wood, 12″x16″

The breakdown of a minute measured

acrylic and water-soluble pencils on wood, 14″x11″

Ignoring the margins

acrylic and water-soluble pencils on wood, 16×20 in

Carry down and carry over until there is no reminder

acrylic and water-soluble pencils on wood, 24″x18

Of course they want it, it’s bread

acrylic and pencils on wood, 9x12in

Patterns in the system, he said they are always and there

acrylic and water-soluble pencils on wood, 24″x18″

I cannot pretend to fix my eyes on it

acrylic and watersoluble pencils on wood, 3’x 2′

Painting by R. Sawan White, Contemporary Artist

things we saw when we were young_small

Acrylic and pencils on wood, 16x20in

The migration shadow cast

acrylic and water-soluble pencils on wood, 11″x14

Only a difference of perspective in the rising up or the coming down

acrylic and water-soluble pencils on wood, 24″x36

the-name-of-my-decision

A spark found in a pebble

acrylic on wood, 6x12inch