The Spiritual Significance of Music

JUL 13, 2015

I recently received this message from Justin St. Vincent, the chief editor at Xtreme Music online magazine:

Just thought I'd reconnect as I've recently redesigned Xtreme Music featuring our exclusive interview together.

http://www.xtrememusic.org/bobby-beausoleil

Please feel free to share this link with your friends and fans as I'd love for them to learn more from the insights in "The Spiritual Significance of Music".

Blessings and Best Regards,

Justin

Asymmetrical Basslines

JUN 01, 2015

ASYMMETRICAL BASSLINES is number three in my Band Outa Hell series. A direct descendent of Quasimodo and a cousin of Igor, this guy plays the bass in a most otherworldly fashion, completely outside the box, never repeating the same line the same way twice. Makes for wild dancing!

The Light Watch

MAY 27, 2015

Inspiration for THE LIGHT WATCH came to me full force while working on another painting. The muse spoke so powerfully that I was forced to stop work on the painting to sketch out the composition for this one. It struck me that the turbulence of the world is a persistent challenge to the one whose responsibility it is to hold the light steady for all those who search for it. This image is an interpretation of that notion.

THE STORYTELLER

MAY 24, 2015

THE STORYTELLER is the name by which some cultures native to North America refer to Raven, a remarkably intelligent and talkative bird. Early in my youth I had some encounters with a raven that brought some inspiration for this piece. Around the corner from Grandma's house, where I stayed most summers when I was a kid, there lived a man who kept a raven as a pet in a large cage near the front door of his house. The raven's name was Sam. I rarely saw the man but I frequently visited Sam. Whenever I did he would greet me by arching his neck until his beak was near his feet and say, in a perfect imitation of the deep voice of the man who kept him, "Hello, Sam!" While doing this painting I imagined Raven telling astonishing stories in Sam's resonant voice.

CAT Art Exhibition

MAY 07, 2015

A few months ago I received an invitation to show some of my art in an exhibition at Contemporary Art Tasmania, a prime cultural art center in Tasmania (yep, way down there where those little devils live!). Tender Exotics is the exhibition theme.

The Tender Exotics exhibition opened May 5th, with a presentation by the curator Lisa Campbell-Smith. Six of my works are being shown during the exhibition, which runs through the month of May. An image of Awakening, the first of three new paintings I produced for the show, is included herewith.

My dear friend Recy, who lives in Australia (which, in case you slept through geography class, is relatively nearby to Tasmania) has been kind enough to loan three of my paintings that she owns for display in the exhibition.

To learn more about this exhibition, and about the numerous other CAT arts and culture projects, visit the CAT website.

It is such an honor to have been invited to show work in an exhibition at CAT, and I consider it such a privilege to participate, I simply had to share this event with you.

Bobby

Sentinels

FEB 09, 2015

SENTINELS is a painting inspired by the ancient standing stones that are found in some regions of the British Isles. Though Bobby has never seen one in person, in this life, these stone monuments speak to him from afar. The mysterious standing stones hearken from a prehistoric era, so the best we may know of their origins and purpose derives from the qualified conjecture of archeologists. Some say the Druids erected them, using methods we can only guess at, and for reasons that are not entirely clear. In this case, as in much of my work, it is the mystical connotations that intrigue him as an artist. Encountering one or more of these monoliths is said to transfix, to hold one's attention, for a time, stationary. They stand as keepers of a higher truth and beckon to us in their absolute stillness and solitude, these guardians of the Great Mystery.

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