Upcoming Exhibition
Coalescing Connections
Opening: Friday, May 19, 2023 | 5-8 PM
+ Saturday, July 8, 2023 | 11 AM -5 PM

As a species we are constantly evolving, but we never retract from our instinctive need for nature. These fascinations with nature stem from an innate biologically driven need to interact with other forms of life, such as animals and plants. This group exhibition features seven artists who work with unique combinations of mediums to explore and project their deep connections to the natural world around us. Utilizing watercolor, ceramic, oil, wood, silkscreen and more, Coalescing Connections showcases collaborative efforts between artistic styles, mediums and, of course, nature.

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Featuring:

Brian Comber

presents his latest series “Unstill Life”.  His approach to these works is to break apart objects and force the viewer into filling in the gaps with impressions of their own. The positive and negative spaces of the pieces bring a sense of life and movement. Techniques he originally developed in oil painting, printmaking and watercolor results in a unique Comber experience.

Cara Enteles

is best known for her joyful paintings depicting natural and botanical forms. She has developed a unique technique that combines silkscreen printing and oil painting on aluminum or acrylic sheet panels. The surfaces of the paintings change with the light, mimicking the natural world.

Julie Anderson

explores how plants move in the wind, unfurl, grow and age over time. Her wall sculptures feature a gradient of glaze colors to exemplify the sprouting and aging of these living beings.  As plants mature, their veins become more pronounced.  Their leaves wither and flowers gracefully turn to seeds relinquishing their offspring not only to create new plants, but also to nourish a new generation of birds or mammals in a harmonious ecological system.
 
Mark Penner Howell

presents his latest series of work that explores the symbiotic potential of nature as a prompt to reveal connections between deeper parts of ourselves and the natural world. This body of work features images of animals covered with proverbs - many about nature - written in the native language of their origins. Humans have long looked to nature to learn about themselves, and conversely, much of what we understand about nature is dictated by our own projections onto it.
 
Norman EPP

fascinates his sensibilities with mountain crags and bristlecone pine; desert slot canyons; underwater seascapes; and undulating prairie expanses.  Formal aspects derivative from those impressions merge into monolithic sensuous expressions as he works.  Juxtapositions of smooth, rough, flowing, abruptness, and emergence stimulate emotional responses, creating a bonding of human spirit as one with natural evolution.
 
Sharon Strasburg

invites you to embark on a journey to a beloved vista from your memory or imagination. Using a laser to cut then reassemble the sinuous shapes into soothing contours of earthly detail, this latest series is created using a combination of painting and printmaking techniques. Strasburg’s belief in the value of ‘place’ is echoed in the UNESCO decades old manifesto, which aims to preserve the physical and spiritual elements that give meaning, value, emotion and mystery to a place that creates an emotional bond between someone and somewhere.
 
Sara Sanderson

balances the worlds of memory and realism. Drawn to organic landscapes and structures, the paintings offer an intensity of color, brushwork and gesture. This work captures the essence of a subject while allowing the viewer to imagine their own sentiment. Beginning with a simple drawing, the paintings take shape through observations of light and shadow, which allows for a visual melody to unfold.