Blue Dream 

Curator: Here we have an abstract piece called "Blue Dream" by David Michael Bowers. It’s crafted using acrylic paint, creating a rich, textured surface that invites closer inspection. Editor: It really does pull you in. There’s this immediate feeling of depth, like looking into some undiscovered ocean. The blues and golds create a lovely contrast. Curator: The use of color certainly aligns it with the Color Field Painting movement, wouldn’t you say? But there are landscape elements too. It challenges how art fits into established categories. Editor: Absolutely, that’s where the contemporary resonates. It makes me think about environmental concerns, a post-natural world perhaps, where what we perceive as pristine might be altered or fading away. What role does art play in challenging or accepting that potential destiny? Curator: The “dream” aspect of the title hints to the viewers not just an ethereal escapism, but rather maybe the subconscious anxiety tied to this transformation? Its abstract quality allows us to fill in that space, to make those associations and challenge the dominant narrative of control. Editor: True. And even more than escapism, what would it mean to "dream in blue" in a world where clear blue skies and healthy oceans feel increasingly fragile, even a political issue. It makes me question my relationship to the nature I idealize in art. Curator: It's a poignant reminder of our present moment. The piece isn’t simply about aesthetic pleasure; it is about cultural memory and what we risk losing. Editor: I agree. I'm leaving with a far deeper sense of the connections we create with artwork. Curator: Art challenges and changes how we see our world. Editor: Leaving us, hopefully, a little bit more connected, not only to each other but to the issues of our time.