Darker with the Day ~ George Rush

I attended George Rush's Darker with the Day exhibition. Upon entering into this area I noticed a medium sized "canvas" with a view into a room(no detail of room) through a window with curtains. This canvas was mounted on a wall like "canvas" in itself with what looks like a tree-like pattern. It seemed as a way to invite you into his space and world. As I rounded the corner I saw there was another painting of the window but it showed the viewer looking out rather than in, still showing you the the shadows casted from the window onto the curtains. As I turned towards the other three paintings I noticed they were arranged as though they close you into this room -- still looking outside. Each canvas containing precise smoothly painted items such as a table and chairs and, of course, the window. Among these few items items such as  a jug, paper carton, tape recorder, a can, and a candle(shown in varying heights) on a candlestick holder showed up in some and not always in others. There seemed to be a couple of different angles of the light source. There are shapes of the trees outside reflected down onto the window. The area in which these pieces were displayed was very open and well lit with windows of its own leading you to get a more outdoorsy feel. The tones of the pieces were very much on the black, grey and white side. To most, black and grey scale art pieces may suggest depression or a sadden state of being, but I've learned that it can also bring great meaning and/or feeling. With that being said I don't necessarily get the feeling of being depressed but a sense that he is trying to get across more that just "being" in a room. So its not necessarily even about the room but its something linking the room to outside. Hints the "window". This window and experience can be interpreted many ways in my mind.