Every day I see or hear something that more or less
kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle
in the haystack of light. It was what I was born for – to look, to listen,
to lose myself inside this soft world – to instruct myself over and over
in joy, and acclamation. Nor am I talking about the exceptional,
the fearful, the dreadful, the very extravagant – but of the ordinary, the common, the very drab,
the daily presentations. Oh, good scholar, I say to myself, how can you help
but grow wise with such teachings as these – the untrimmable light
of the world, the ocean’s shine, the prayers that are made out of grass?
– Mary Oliver, poet
“Biophilia”, 36″ x 36″, Oil on Canvas
Artist: Karen Rumora
September, 2021
What an honor to have been selected to be part of the Ohio Art League’s Fall Exhibition. Because we were still in the throws of COVID, the exhibition was online. I love rich, saturated color, and the meditative quality of the organic forms. I felt a sense of safety in my studio making these marks.
Ed Dixon was the juror. Ed is a native of Dayton, and a longtime art enthusiast. He opened the Edward A. Dixon Gallery in the Fall of 2017 in Downtown Dayton, Ohio. After years of involvement in the music, film and fashion industry, Ed decided to turn his attention to his passion for visual art and began the curation of artwork from artists on a world-wide scale. He has curated and hosted multiple shows at the gallery that have included artists such as Sabrina Terence, Ronnie Williams, Marilynn Page, Erica Arndts and the late, legendary Beatles animator Ron Campbell.
In Ed’s words; “The Fall season was another influence with not just its color and tone, but also for its reminder of constant change and a coming renewal.”