Bill Gore: The Saugatuck Cosmology | Opening Reception
September 6 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
On display in The Meetinghouse Gallery
The Saugatuck Cosmology
Artwork by Bill Gore
On Display: September 6 – October 11, 2026
Opening Reception:
Sunday, September 6, 2026 from 2-4 pm in the downstairs gallery.
The Gallery is open Tuesdays – Sundays 8:00 am – 4:00 pm for viewing. (Closed Mondays).
Artist’s Statement
Over time the intelligence of the New England landscape has taken hold of my image making. I photograph the land and layer images in a virtual studio to search for connections between literal representation, memory, and imagination.
I began by photographing the nearby Saugatuck River valley during numerous walks along the banks and over the woodland trails. The camera images provided a real-time record of this intersection of nature and man, and I turned to digital methods as an avenue into deep-time explorations of the “more-than-human” intelligence of the river. The images that the camera saw passed into virtual space, something like a digital bardo, and mixed with the abstract expression of memory and sensory experience. From my process came a collection of layered photographs that gave visual form to my perceptions of the democratic life-forces of the waters that nurture all that lives along the riverbanks.
