“The Ohio Landscape paintings can best be dubbed ‘doubtful landscapes’. They are about our loss of regional cultural identity. Development Opportunities abound on bare and quietly peaceful land. Splendid architecture left to rain rot. The lack of grocery stores or general stores other than Wal-Mart. The Mom and Pop restaurants and businesses banding together in small neighborhoods are the only places left with a true sense of community. In the end, I don’t think it’s a matter of reclaiming our cultural past, but instead creating something new, independent of the crutch of convenience, while revering the ingenuity and aesthetics of the past.”
- Joshua Rex
