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Garden party showcases local artist's work

Writer's picture: Ron GiofuRon Giofu
Dennis White describes one of his paintings in his garden exhibit.
Local artist Dennis White discusses one of the 37 art pieces he had on exhibit around his Gore St. yard over the weekend.

Local artist Dennis White and his wife welcomed family, friends and friends of friends to their home for the first of what they hope will be several home art exhibitions.


The Whites held the show last weekend with Dennis' work on display. A total of 37 pieces were around their Gore St. property with the themes being inspired by what White heard from lyrics from songs. Paintings interpreting lyrics from songs performed by such artists as The Beatles, Leon Russell, Leonard Cohen, Pink Floyd, Tom Waits, Led Zeppelin, Garth Brooks, Bruce Springsteen, Kansas and many more were around the property.


As part of a two-page handout distributed to guests, Dennis wrote: “All of us, at some point or another have had the experience of seeing images in our heads when we hear a song. Some are happy and some sad. At times the lyrics paint a picture by themselves and at other times the lyricist needs someone to see and capture the full meaning or feeling of the song.”


He added “I have attempted to capture on canvas, some of the images I see in my mind's eye as I listen to these songs. If I have been able to stir some type of emotion in you, be it happy or sad or whatever, then thank you as I have accomplished what I set out to do.” He also stated while some may have different interpretations, “I guess that's the beauty of the arts. We can all enjoy things from a different perspective respectively.”


Dennis said he had the idea for a while to create paintings based on song lyrics and his interpretations of them.


“I thought I'd always want to have a garden show and this was the inspiration,” he said.


Paintings on display in the garden.
The work of Dennis White was displayed around his property last weekend. White’s work was inspired by song lyrics and over 30 pieces were part of the exhibit.

All the paintings were completed since February with “countless hours” spent over the last five months creating them. Dennis added there were three pieces created simultaneously at points, depending on how the inspiration hit him. He said he would take a break from one then go back to it later.


“Some things that you thought would be easy were difficult while some things you though would be difficult turned out to be easy,” he said.


Roughly 158 people came through their yard Saturday with another strong crowd passing through Sunday. Dennis said he didn't post it on social media or anywhere else, sharing it with family and friends with word spreading to friends of friends as well.


The works will be on exhibit this weekend as well for the Amherstburg Art Crawl as Dennis will be behind Musicland, where he recently created a Beatles-themed mural.

Garden party showcases local artist's work

By Ron Giofu

 

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