Sid Rheuban

"Sid Rheuban paints the people, places and things that he knows - and of course he paints himself. But for an artist, as for all of us, the whole world is a mirror. Everywhere we turn our eyes and minds we build our perceptions of who we are, even as we establish relationships to the world around us. Any artist's choices are designed to convey an ever sharper sense of those interests and life commitments, and at an exhibit of Sid Rheuban's paintings we are struck by the strength and vividness of this artists personality, and by the rich psychological and emotional ground that he builds upon. In these paintings people, places and things are presented as manifestations of spirit." Douglas Max Utter