Greetings! 
Well, this is it - the show opens this week! On Friday, you'll be able to meet the artist, view in person all of the featured works you've been reading about, and enjoy about thirty other outstanding paintings by William Dubin. Furthermore, the long-awaited book is finally available for purchase here. But before we get too ahead of ourselves, let's take a look at the eighth and final painting in our featured series.
Light & Shadow, #869 on 4th Avenue - currently hanging at the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum but due to return to Borealis Arts just before our Friday opening - brings us back to William Dubin's subject of choice; the Old Pueblo Trolley, running in daylight up Tucson's legendary 4th Avenue.
However, you may notice there are subtle yet significant developments from the daytime trolley paintings featured in the early part of this series. Dubin has taken the technique he perfected of painting the atmosphere present at dusk and dawn, and applied it to a full daylight scene. When writing about art, especially paintings that one has spent a great deal of time with, it is easy to become overly poetic. But, I don't think it's a stretch to say he has painted the very atmosphere surrounding the avenue. Metal on the traffic shimmers, trees fade into amorphous shapes as they recede, and our iconic trolley stands strong in the foreground.
Light & Shadow, #869 on 4th Avenue
28 x 20"
Original watercolor
We are looking forward to seeing you Friday, as we celebrate one artist's tremendous effort over the last two years, and maybe even get a sneak peek at what he's got in store for us over the next few years.
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