We are pleased to announce our second exhibition of 2024 : WOVEN :: a group exhibition featuring Sandy Teepen, Marc Boyson, Chloe Alexander, Philip Carpenter, Lauren Lesley
OPENING RECEPTION
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2024
7:00 - 10:00 PM
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
EXHIBITION RUNS THROUGH APRIL 11, 2024
WOVEN :: A GROUP EXHIBITION FEATURING
SANDY TEEPEN, MARC BOYSON, PHILIP CARPENTER, CHLOE ALEXANDER, LAUREN LESLEY
Philip Carpenter
Making color pencil drawings replaced painting for me, but the processes are similar in that each drawing requires its own painterly invention to describe surfaces and to create effective illusions. My interests sometimes wander, lured by the pleasures of irony, but I always return to making portraits of ordinary things, mostly utilitarian objects that seem to find me. Some are even the vestiges of my former work as a painter. I meticulously record the beauty of their wear as my way of honoring their often unknowable histories. The drawings combine my knack for realism with my minimalist sensibilities.
Marc Boyson
My practice is grounded in the trace that references the invisible line of autobiographical data. The line reveals my daily movement, however small, over a surface, between buildings, work, errands, day trips, or longer journeys. These everyday movements become a journal of intuition, memory, and GPS records. The simple act of leaving a marc.
Chloe Alexander
My printmaking practice is a delicate balance between precision and spontaneity, allowing me to create images that are both deliberate and intuitive. The repetitive nature of the print process introduces an element of rhythm and ritual, turning each print into a reflection of patience and dedication. Nostalgia, a universal emotion, is a cornerstone of my artistic exploration. The interplay of colors, textures, and figuration creates a visual language that serves to transcend the ephemeral nature of spoken words, inviting the viewer to navigate the landscape of their memories that I aspire to recall to the conscious mind. Just as printmaking has long been used to disseminate messages, I hope that a broad audience can access the universality of the motifs that I employ. Once immersed in these visual narratives, they may add to, alter, or reimagine the intent of the work based on their assumptions or lived experiences- an acknowledgment of the familiarity and fleeting recollections that resonate within us all.
Lauren Lesley
Lauren Lesley's body of work contains graphite and charcoal drawings which reflect on specific time periods throughout her life. Each one represents subjects that she has a strong emotional connection to but is physically disconnected from; pets, poignant childhood mementos, and details of events and life moments that weave together concepts of meaning, memory, identity, and the passing of time. The act of unearthing, reconstructing, and highlighting these recollections decreases the emotional distance between the artist and the subjects by allowing her to revisit and meticulously revive them with each stroke of a pencil.
Sandy Teepen
There is a thread that runs through Sandy’s life. In fact, there are lots of threads running through it. A fabric artist, Sandy has worked in a wide variety of fabric forms – weaving, costuming, and her current emphasis, quilted collage. Her collages combine traditional forms and imagery with contemporary color sensibilities and design. Her work has been shown in numerous quilt and art exhibitions including the Georgia National Fair and the widely acclaimed Quilts in the Garden event in Livermore, CA.