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Virginia Prior, one of the top local critics and the art editor for the largest local newspaper, discussed the show and the new additions with Bengal over cocktails. “I think I detect something new, something a little bit different, in some of the new pieces,” she said. “Is this a new side of you coming out? Will we see a change in your works from this point on?”
“I suppose I’d have to say this new group represents...what? Different sides of my mind. Different moods and outlooks. Like different colors of lenses in my glasses they make the world look different. A schizophrenic sort of thing I suppose. Maybe just a little scary. Having these two different creative minds within me. I don’t know. I find it happening more and more though. Sometimes I’m working in one mode, from one viewpoint; sometimes from another. I suspect it does show up as the difference in the work. It’ll probably be there for some time then because that’s how I’m operating these days.”
“We’ll be keeping an eye on this interesting development in your techniques and your personality,” she promised him.
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