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‘Before
the After’
Recent works
by Wayne Paige
Conflict, dreams and humor are characteristics of the work by Wayne Paige whose art will be on display at Middle Street Gallery in Washington, Virginia from November 3 - 26. The drawing and painting exhibition “Before the After” represents an idyllic view of nature and the eventual outcome of human intervention. Paige’s drawings focus on mythological landscapes of hills, waterfalls, and forests. The inhabitants are clothespins, which are seen floating, flying and fleeing from untold events, portending everlasting change. Change does occur and it occurs within the paintings. Unlike the drawings, Paige’s landscape paintings focus on the outcome of encroachment and neglect. The land becomes toxic, the forests no longer exist, and the water becomes oil blackened. An
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