New paintings by Justing Carruth

Start: Aug. 20, 2011, 3 a.m.

End: Aug. 20, 2011, 6 a.m.

Event at Mercy Tattoo

After an unprecidented opening night at Finch Lane gallery, Carruth is following up the show with a new collection of works. If you could not afford the $1000 price tag at the Finch Lane or your favorite pieces sold opening night, as half of the 40 paintings did. Now is your chance to add value and honesty to your art collection. Come early to have a drink and buy a painting before they sell out. They are reasonably priced in the low hundreds.

The most adventurous art often takes place after stepping across frontiers or demarcations, or even just looking past them to see what might be possible on the other side. Self-taught local artist Justin Carruth’s oil paintings (detail of “Premonition” is pictured) study film stills, frame by frame, and while they don’t attempt to capture the clarity of the original, they add the subtle nuances of brushstroke and pigment. The resonance between the frames is remarkable, and his striking attention to detail is a convincing argument for the persistence of the image.

Carruth’s work measures what escapes in the rush of the temporal,