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Now Showing

July 4 - July 29, 2025

PETER ILLIG | LAUREL McMECHAN | SCOTT LANCASHIRE


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Opening Reception: Saturday, July 5
     12 - 3 pm
or

Artists' Reception: Saturday, July 12      12 - 3pm

Last Look Weekend: July 25 - July 29     11am- 3:30 pm


Picture
"Construct" oil and enamel on wood, 45 x 48 in
PETER ILLIG
Paradoxical Terrain

For this show titled "Paradoxical Terrain" I searched for and use images from the past to comment on contemporary society. The paintings become metaphors for interactions between men and women, and for our constant search for meaning in our lives; they also touch upon our darker motivations, our “shadow side”, and the sometimes hidden reasons we act as we do.
The paintings are documentation of how one’s mind can slip from everyday rational thought to a mash-up of cultural meanings -- elusive, oblique references, innuendo, erotic symbolism, implications, metaphors, unclear boundaries, non sequiturs, incongruities, romantic ideas.




LAUREL McMECHAN
Heirloom


Blurring the boundaries between the past and the present, these new “heirlooms” enmesh memory, place, trauma, personal and family history. Paint squeezed through woven netting is a metaphor for the way memory and experiences fuse together. Embedded references and codes include camouflage designs, quilt patterns, Morse code, European folk embroidery designs and personal symbolism.

Picture
"Heirloom (One way)", 2025, oil, acrylic, organza, US Army uniform fabric, thread, 30 x 24 in
Picture
"Acromion", 2024, oil on hardboard, 16x12 in


SCOTT LANCASHIRE
People Watching

This group of oil paintings calls attention to the popular pastime of looking at people. It is people-watching as opposed to portraiture. I made the paintings from live sessions with studio models or from looking into mirrors. I worked in short sessions and rendered them quickly, so there was no time to go deeper than the surface. But the final pictures, with their less-than-finished quality, give me and the viewer the opportunity to draw some of our own conclusions as to the individual sitter’s mood, situation, and personality.

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August 2 - 26, 2025
SPARK SUPPORTING MEMBERS' SHOW
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 9     12 - 3pm
following Artist Talks       10am -noon


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