2020 Solo Exhibitions, Group, Invitational Exhibitions
November 20, 2020 - January 2, 2021
Nature Amplified
by Jo Jasper Dean
Nature fascinates me. Everywhere I look I see unique treasures that jump out at me, speak to me, move me, and inspire me. I drink in the scene and am driven to capture it in paint. My paintings focus on a dramatic close-up inviting the viewer to step inside the scene and feel the same emotional connection I experienced with my subject. I enjoy pairing a centuries old technique of a detailed grisaille under painting to depict the reality of my subject, with an imaginative color palette of saturated amplified colors. Applying these exhilarating colors, using lively expressive brushstrokes, enables me to express and accentuate the energy and movement I feel in nature.
Website: https://www.jojasperdean.com/
September 18 - October 15, 2020
Recounted Journey
(a trip through decades of transition)
by Marceline Saphian
My journey as an artist began over seven decades ago. During this period, I created hundreds of pieces - oils, watercolors, acrylics, serigraphs, welded sculptures, mixed media, fiber constructions and monotypes. As I started planning for this show, I realized I could not show examples of every change of direction, every medium, every series created. This retrospective highlights a mix of acrylics, monotypes and mixed media, done from the 70’s through the present.
September 18 - October 15, 2020
Man in a Red Knit Hat
Life Squared
by Alex Paradowski
I hand cast paper cubes, paint them and arrange them into photographic mosaics guided by manipulated Photoshop images. I personally find it satisfying to build images by combining the old techniques of mosaic and paper making with today’s digital technology. My work explores a variety of subjects from whimsical to social commentary, always with the goal of evoking an emotional response.
Website: http://alexparadowski.com/
Judith Shaw - fault lines
August 14 - September 12, 2020
fault lines is a print and photographic series that captures intricate tire patterns created by construction machinery and heavy-duty vehicles. It explores the impact of a constantly shifting world on a forever changing landscape. The rhythmic designs and textured motifs of the repetitive dips, dents and dimples are formed by trucks as they move through gravel, tar, mud, oil, dirt, ice, snow or water. Some compositions linger while others disappear quickly, mirroring impermanence and the fragility of our environment. Rutted and grooved surfaces echo life’s inevitable pits and pitfalls. Some indentations imbed deeply. Others barely skim the surface. Some trail on, while others end abruptly. Societal divides and cultural barriers, locally, nationally and globally, live in the gaps. Crisscrossing streaks intersect the individual with the collective.
St. Louis Public Radio Interview:
Website: https://www.judithshaw.com
Netra Khattri - Blind Emotions
August 14 - September 12, 2020
Blind Emotions, by Netra Khattri attempts to transform invisible and ordinary matter into a dynamic extraordinary material world. His sculpted figures convey the relationship between exaggerated and self-indulgent feelings of tenderness, sadness, and antagonistic by seeking authentic human emotions and relationships in a contemporary figurative manner. Prominent elements in his work involve geometrical proportion landmarks and vanish forms with natural rough form, to create a textural contrast with graceful and harmonious flow of pattern.
Website: https://www.netrakhattri.net
