DISSECTED VIRGILITY TXT.MONROE LONDON ART.CHARLES CHAMBERS
CALL ME CRAZY, AND HOPEFULLY IM NOT THE ONLY THAT DOES THIS, BUT DOES THIS EVER HAPPEN TO YOU. YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND NOTHING IS ON THE RADIO. YOU BEGIN FLIPPING BACK AND FORTH THROUGH YOUR 6 FAVORITED STATIONS AND EVERYONE STATION JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE ON A COMMERCIAL BREAK. SO YOU DECIDE TO PRESS 'SCAN,' SINCE YOUR PATIENCE WON'T ALLOW YOU TO WAIT THROUGH THE ALL COMMERCIAL BREAKS.
The scanning begins-- Zipping from station to station: Jazz, Musica de Espanol, News, Country. ...and then you hit the Symphony/Orchestra station. For some reason your finger goes for the 'scan' button again. You turn the volume up ever so slightly, as if you're trying to be bashful in front of the car that's approaching you on the right hand side. Then, you're just like F*@% it, and you turn the volume up as loud as it goes. For those brief minutes of your life your revert to this little child conducting the London symphony that is rushing through your speakers. The strings and plucking go straight to your soul and the carefree person that takes over you is headbobbing, hand waving, finger twiddling-- ALL WHILE DRIVING I REMIND YOU.
That's the sort of imagination I get from Charles Chambers; carefree. Alabama native and no stranger to art, Chambers has been painting for 15 yrs. Utilizing charcoal techinques and watercolor methods to blend out segments of the most fragile being, the woman. Dissecting her figure, glorifying the uniqueness and beauty of 'her.'
