D.Sire:Between Eclipses - Opening Reception at Clamp Light

Artist Statment:

I’m walking down the path along the San Antonio Riverwalk South of Confluence Park with it’s

undulating concrete forms, excited by the prospect of experiencing a total annular eclipse for the

first time. I walk the path contemplating the “big” deal made of the day’s eclipse and the

upcoming total eclipse in April 2024. I consider how remarkable I happen to live on a spot on

the planet in the crosshairs of two total eclipses in succession.

As the eclipse nears its climax, I stop on a bridge overlooking the river to view the Eclipse with

my eclipse glasses. I am struck by the cosmic events’ symbolism and even more so the

symbolism of the setting I chose. The sun coming together with the moon over a river on a

bridge reverberated with the symbols & themes alive in my artistic expression from day one over three decades ago.

The circles, spirals, the interplay of opposites, the sun, the moon, stars, and the bridge recurrent

throughout my artistic life rhymed with the ring of fire in the sky above me. As I walk back, I

contemplate the profoundly personal experience of a cosmic event set in motion billions of years

ago and not at all concerned with me. I thought about April 2024’s upcoming Total Eclipse and

it’s coincidence with my show At Clamp Light opening a few days later.

On that walk back to Confluence Park I realized all the works I would create for the Show would

be bookended by the two total eclipses. The title and theme , “Between Eclipses” came to mind

then. I will Present Mixed Media Works inspired and produced in San Antonio Between

Eclipses.