Bernard Trainor’s solo exhibition of his painting series Crevice opened at Woods + Dangaran Studio / Los Angeles late Fall 2024—
This is a collection that masterfully bridges art, architecture, and nature. Each piece reflects Bernard’s unique approach to design, capturing the interplay between the organic and the structural.
A very special thanks to Joe Dangaran and Brett Woods who hosted Trainor in their spectacular space in Mid City. The artwork comes alive in this context, the natural light and high ceilings provide the perfect conditions for Bernards vision that appear to transfer the weeds in pavement crevices outside, inside .
Crevice explores the intersection of, and constant equilibrium between, natural and human-built systems. What was originally a natural system, then adapted to human needs, becomes something entirely new: a collaboration, a distinct ecotype created through the dialogue between humans and their environment. A push and pull, like tides. Throughout, Trainor remains curious about the possibilities: the adaptive way we create new evolutionary systems through resilience and opportunism.
The paintings in this series are an attempt to understand the pattern language when humans intersect with their environment and to heighten awareness of the opportunities that lie in the spaces in between. With textures and a color palette that allude to life in a dry climate, Trainor’s paintings evoke an appreciation of struggle in the natural world, a beauty in resilience, and the unexpected patterns emerging within this overlay.
