BERNARD VIANNEY FALLON
Bernard Fallon grew up in England and graduated from the Liverpool College of Art and Leicester University's School of Photography. A keen interest in the visual world has taken him to many places to create pictures - from the Aran Islands to the Sahara, Jerusalem to Singapore.
Fallon is a member of the California Art Club, and has demonstrated his painting to art organizations all over Southern California, He has taught many pastel and watercolour workshops, including UC Riverside Extension, and the Palos Verdes Art Center, California.
His work is held in collections here and abroad. In 1999-2000 he contributed
to "Strength from Unity; Expressions on Cancer from the Island of Ireland
and the United States", which exhibited in Belfast, Dublin and the Rotunda, Washington DC.
For further information please call: 310 543 2184 (studio).
Artist Statement
To work from life is to work before nature as a student with a great Master.
To stand in front of a mountain swirling with clouds is to see energy and movement in a constantly changing series of patterns.
To observe such a drama is also to observe light and lines, colour and shadows.
Too feel these elements is to reflect upon our own human qualities.
What part of this ethereal scene is to be harvested? Its energy? Its beauty?
Its emotion?
The camera may record a fraction of it, in the blink of an eye - but may
miss the point.
Stand there again with humility and let the paint take over to reveal the
real moment.
This is the state of revelation; of actuality, of spirit expressed in cool reds,
warm blues and glorious shadows.
It's elusive, and challenging to create, but it's the essence of being -
a moment of passion and connection,
Simply put - it's the experience of a mystery.
-Bernard Fallon