The Long View - Creativity Over Time Blue Mountain Gallery Artists Each artist in the exhibition has selected two works that demonstrate the development of their ideas over time. An illustrated catalogue includes statements by the artists about the juxtapositions of works from different stages in their career, looking back over many decades or many years. Forty one current members and associates of Blue Mountain Gallery are represented.

Charting one's own development can be an adventure. It not only involves the perception of changes and continuities in style, aesthetics and content over a lifetime, but also gives us a chance to ask the important qualitative questions of existence that will always lead us back to the metaphysical question, what is it to be a person? How does that affect an artist’s work? Am I the same person I was forty years ago, ten years ago? What kinds of changes do artists experience, and why? How does a perceived "breakthrough" in our work compare with a slow and steady metamorphosis? What are the threads that have remained constant? What changes in the outside world have had an impact? ​ “The Long View” celebrates past and current work and the varied ways the artists understand the continuities and transformations in their work over time. ​ View the exhibition to enjoy the work and think about those questions. Join the artists for conversations at the opening reception on Feb. 4th (3-6 pm) and the panel discussion on Feb. 11 , 3pm.