Art Encounters

My mission is to reveal art as an experience of consciousness which is the foundational and creative element of reality. By this I mean that art is an open-ended structure capable of shaping consciousness and reality.   I am inspired by expansive and singular visions of artists that contribute to an imaginative and ecstatic reality.      -Cary Lewis Long Cary Lewis Long BIOGRAPHY Cary Lewis Long was born in Bakersfield, California in 1961. As a youngster, he was drawn into the fantastic realm of snakes and other reptiles from his association with the town’s herpetologist and magician Al Robbins. Many happy hours were spent searching for King snakes and Blue-belly lizards in the hot dry landscapes of the San Joaquin Valley.   Summertime with his grandparents, who were Theosophists associated with the Krotona Institute in Ojai,CA,  introduced him to a world of ideas. His grandfather worked as a civilian graphic artist at Point Mugu

Brummbaer is, like the Greek Phidias, the Italian Giotto, the Dutch Rembrandt, one of the first masters of this new art medium. He is one of the first Wizard Fabricators of the cybernetic realities of the 21 st century.   – Timothy Leary In Memoriam:  Brummbaer   1945 - 2016 F rom a chalk wielding pavement artist to a master computer wizard,   Brummbaer’s artistic journey encompassed in similar ways the history of artmaking that began with simple animal paintings on cave walls to dizzying wonders of technology-driven highly complex art shimmering on the electronic screens of the 21 st century. Born in 1945 and raised in post-war Germany, he made the move to Los Angeles, California which served as his artistic home base since the mid-1980s. Raised by a single mom and in poverty, he recalled the growing up experience in post-war Germany with a sense of grimness.  He found meaning and refuge early on in art.  At age 15, he climbed into an empty pic