procession
The Andrew & Laura McCain Gallery, Bristol, NB 2007
clip clop of horses
I found myself in the painting
the summer field
Basho
馬ぼくぼく 我を絵に見る 夏野かな
uma bokuboku / ware wo e ni miru / natsuno kana
![Image of Procession installation from 2007](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/345613_309191fcdd7943c5bea4b2440133f501~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_976,h_493,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Walk%20and%20ChaseViewWeb.jpg)
![Gallery view of installation](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/345613_c5f3ad2021b64ba6803f1e6470282ee8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_400,h_414,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/345613_c5f3ad2021b64ba6803f1e6470282ee8~mv2.jpg)
A procession is nostalgic, organized and solemn; I’ve made this one in particular to outwardly mirror my method of personal re-invention and my decision to narrow focus within a moment of time and living. These horses linger and move towards each other in a joyous single-minded procession, innocent, seeking a mirror. In art churns the issue of content over form . Can there be a balance, leaning to content, a careful unabashed essay of beauty?
Unlike human portraiture bound by expectations, these animals are inventions, and as content walk free of anything one would ever expect, just something of a quiet understanding we all share.
A sort of nostalgia for innocence, and wonder at the forms nature takes.
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![1 Walking](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/345613_a312310f23984b409c4d8d82fd8d1622~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_418,h_335,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/1Walking1Web.jpg)