Daniel Liam Gill

I left Port­land, Ore­gon ear­lier this year after an eight year res­i­dence. I trav­eled cross coun­try with Crys­tal Zing­sheim and we stopped in to see my friend Zack in Chat­tanooga, my home town, on our way to the coast. I was amazed at how much the city had changed in the twenty odd years that I’d been away. Six months passed and I found myself back in town for a visit. I met Zack’s good friend Jas Milam and she invited me to sit in on one of her art ther­apy ses­sions. We chose a rune from those face down on the table before us. I picked the “R” shaped rune, Raido, mean­ing jour­ney, union or reunion. I saw this as a sign and now I’m back in Chat­tanooga in the Riv­oli Art Mill next to Jas.

As I men­tioned in an ear­lier post, I’ve been sav­ing the tapes from my Dys­pha­gia Series, the strips that I use to paint one work on top of another. I’ve assem­bled them into this com­po­si­tion “Raido” rep­re­sent­ing my jour­ney from Illus­tra­tor to Painter.

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