La Petite Mort Gallery presents….
One Night Only Exhibit Lyle Richardson New Pastel & Watercolour on Paper Friday July 9, 2010 / 7-10 pm Tunes by Big Mac Daddy Sponsored by CKCU 93.1 FM”Lyle presents to us a world that is filled with wide eyed people in every day situations, be they street scenes, park scenes, or smutty scenes. His keen eye captures wonderment and emotion and with a quick gesture, he translates this for the viewer. His colouration is absolutely captivating, and his ability to show his world in such a matter of fact way is truly inspiring. Join us in this journey as we enter into Richardson’s world of back alleys, strip joints, and bedrooms.” - Christina Anastassopoulos, 2010 Comment by his friend, Tony Fouhse: ” I’ve known Lyle since high school. We’d skip class, hang in the basement listening to Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf. Lyle would play the blues on the piano and paint pictures. He still plays the blues, and paints them, too. His little water colors are stunning jewels, sometimes clear like diamonds, other times dark and deep as a blood red ruby. He says he paints the weather, and I take that to mean the weather in his head. Pure poetry…..the sunny days and the storms that sulk and rage inside each and every one”. - Tony Fouhse, 2010 “A lot of the paintings take on a dream significance. The strip joints, etc., shouldn’t be taken too seriously. If I retain a spirit of fun when I paint perhaps it’s all worthwhile. Perhaps I just paint the weather.” - Lyle Richardson, 2010 FACEBOOK INVITE: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123272644381885&ref=ts Thank you,Christina Anastassopoulos Art Consiglieri La Petite Mort Gallery 306 Cumberland Street Ottawa, ON K1N 7H9 www.lapetitemortgallery.com 
