Exploring the realm of magical fantasy, Mark Brossmer's canvasses depict surreal images that delight the senses with their spirited abandon. A native of Jasper, Indiana, Brossmer graduated with a major in Art from Wabash in 1985, and has exhibited his works nationwide. His current display is strikingly reminiscent of surrealist works by Salvador Dali both in terms of color and style. Powerful thematic symbolism, disproportionate representation of familiar realty and an adventurous attitude toward color make Brossner's paintings thought provoking. First Draft, in loud pink, is a monstrously proportioned rose in full bloom made of crumpled notepad paper.
Patience is a massive exploding cloud held captive on the ground by a set of interwoven ropes.
In Weather Report a giant glass bottle contains a fluff of scattered clouds that appears to have been torn off from the blue background. Escape, a sharp departure from his usually bright yellow and green color scheme, is a sinister and dark study of rocks with sets of ascending ladder. Overall Brossmer's works demonstrate the raw talent of a visual artist and the unrestrained imagination of a poet. The Political and the Creative collide in Phillip Dewey's work. The works on display by this artist are a series of multi-media drawings on the theme of black baseball leagues.