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By Diana Bird Rappahannock News Contributing Writer
At Middle Street Gallery, an “old world” quality is reflected in the strength of Jeffrey Bussells’ compositions and the light created by his tonal use of color. There are no crowded rush hours or frenzied video games in the world of these paintings. They are an homage to Chardin, an 18th century master, who found beauty and order in the everyday things he painted.
There is a kind of sacred geometry inherent in these still life painting. They are subtly constructed from feathery brush work to more precise strokes, each mark of the artist’s brush delineating an emerging form. Bussells knows the strength of a straight line. He is in touch with the mystery of allowing one’s self to find the form of an object by exploring its place in space and its relationship to another object in space. We can breathe in these paintings. These paintings are not about the artist. They are about painting.
The painting “Tangerine” is a beauty. The painting emerges, as the tangerine itself emerges from its peel, in a soft light amid the slow movement of Bussells’ brush strokes. Less
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