“Larch,” by Alan Bray.

New paintings by Alan Bray are on view at Caldbeck Gallery from Sept. 18 to Oct. 30. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 1.

In the artist’s own words:

It is among the intricate structures of phenomena that I look for an innate order of things. It is the branching pattern of trees, the drifting of snow, the meanders of flowing water, the swaying of grass in the wind, or the conjoining of ripples on the surface of a pond that imparts to a place and a time it’s particularity. To become a vital part of that particularity is to achieve familiarity, an intimacy and affection that serves to reorder the experience of a place. When I slow down and give myself up to a place or a phenomena it is to try and forget what I think I know and enter into a fresh state where all incidental details are eliminated and what appears to be chaos is organized into pattern

Caldbeck Gallery is at 12 Elm St., Rockland. Current gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. For more information, email caldbeck@midcoast.com, go to www.caldbeck.com, or call 207-594-5935.