Beginning Thursday, the Janice Mason Art Museum in downtown Cadiz will be “Modern Icons” by artist and musician Dan Knowles.
Running through Saturday, July 6, Knowles is specifically a painter, inlay artist, instrument builder, sculptor, singer, writer, muralist, teacher and composer — whose main influence stems from the surrealist work of Salvador Dali, and the pointillism efforts from George Seurat.
He studied watercolor under the influential Dan Peterson, who provided thorough grounding in composition and design.
Knowles’ work has been shown in solo and group shows all through the southeast, and he has won numerous “Best Of” shows and banjo-playing awards — including the West Tennessee Art Center Strawberry Show and the National Old Time Banjo Championships.
His instruments have been played by top professionals, and his artwork resides in homes and businesses worldwide.
Contributions to this exhibit include 106.5 WKDZ-FM, the Kentucky Arts Council, SouthArts, the National Endowment for the Arts and Trigg County Farm Bureau Insurance.
Located at 71 Main Street, hours are 10 AM until 4 PM Tuesday through Saturday, and from 1-4 PM Sundays.
Questions, concerns or comments can be directed to Executive Director Leida Tackett and/or Assistant Director Mackenzie Stone at (270) 522-9056, or through email at jmam.skit@gmail.com.
Artist Statement
“Tonight The Fish Are Singing”
Tonight the fish are singing
A wordless hymn
Of endless skies
And vivid dreams.
Tonight the cerulean river sheds its mud
And rising in eddies of brilliance
The sun gilded birds
Are diving to fly with the fishes
Tonight the muses, my constant companions
Sing of diamond studded skies
And sailing the ship of the mind
They lantern light the way
Tonight the fish are singing
A chant of joy
For tonight moonlight does not glint
Off silver wetted hooks.
