Opening July 15, 2022 through July 31,2 022
Opening Reception: Friday, July 15th starting at 6 pm
Mark Farrell Infernal and Feral
My recent paintings continue to perfect my preferred themes: gothic landscapes with stormy weather and references to supernatural history and heavy metal, sometimes adding in political figures and statements. I’m a native of Littleton, CO, but after going to school in Illinois and Boston, I like to find ways to subvert images of my hometown. Of course, I’ve also expanded in many ways recently, deciding to make a painting of the Stanley Hotel in Estes after staying the night there. Another painting of mine, Tulpa, is about the theory that supernatural activity is created from human fear, and the painting Undertow has maritime themes. I think that many of my favorite painters, such as Cezanne, Soutine, or Auerbach are elastic in their subject matter, which is something I strive for.
Eric Havelock-Bailie Abandoned II / More Small Paintings
My work is called Abandoned II / More Small Paintings. All of it dates from 2020 – 2022 and its impetus lies somewhere between the great “memory scribes” I’m fond of and the classic God’s Own Junkyard by Peter Blake. Abandonment can imply that the object or scene in view is imbued with memory and its variants, so this is where my photographs are trying to go. My small paintings are more personal, hence their abstract nature.
Rachel Amos Covid Accumulations
This exhibit represents a digression, not an abandonment of interest in color or expressivity, possibly exorcising the demons that allow accumulations of things when I spend too much time alone. So, it’s not art at all, just therapy…. I hope there are things in the drawings related to your own demons and accumulations. It was enjoyable to play with line thickness, building tone with hatching, and other aspects of ink drawing that I haven’t used for a very long time
Philip Rader All About the Process
As an artist, my primary concern is to produce pieces that are unique and full of energy and movement. I feel the best way to achieve this is by painting non-objectively and by using an experimental process.
I equate the process of creating a piece of art to that of creating your individual life! To me, life equates to energy, change, and movement while death represents the opposite. Both art and life involve decisions made along the way until completion when an evaluation can be made.
The outcome of these decisions is not totally predictable. If the decision doesn`t result in the desired outcome, adaptations and changes are necessary. Balance can be achieved through constant changes of addition and subtraction. This process continues until it flows into a unified completion. In my art, I strive to continually make decisions with unknown outcomes.
I hope to elicit an emotional response to my paintings, inviting the viewer to investigate the composition more closely to see how all the elements flow to create the unified whole. I hope that by looking closely at these pieces, you will gain a greater understanding and appreciation of this style of art.
Upcoming Exhibitions
August 5 – August 21, 2022
Mark Brasuell, Jennifer Hope
August 26 – September 11, 2022
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