'Circus of Life' exhibit at Midland's Creative 360 features fun, fears of the midway

Everyone has memories, says Mike McMath, of walking down the midway at the fair, transfixed by the lights and bright colors, feeling a little sick after certain rides and maybe sensing a menacing undercurrent running through it all. “I don’t want to judge anyone, but sometimes, it looks like there’s a seedy underworld behind the bright lights,” said the Midland artist. “That’s what I tried to capture in my series of paintings, the thrill and the fear you feel when you see a clown at the circus and climb on a carnival ride that’s going to jolt you around.”
You could say the circus has come to town — McMath’s “Circus of Life,” that is — in an exhibit continuing through Friday, July 6, at the Creative 360.

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