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October 8, 2024

Laurel Shear | Featured Artist


"Painting, for me, is a physical and emotional act. My paintings each contain a unique presence of the energy and time of a private performance. They are a layering of abstraction and representation, depiction and imbedded emotions, trace and form. The paintings reference my experiences - bodily and spiritual - with loss and love. I start by taking photographs of my bedspread and of roses, simple objects with vast symbolic significance. I cut up the photos and reassemble them into collages that become the inspiration for my paintings."

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September 10, 2024

Featured Artist | David Skillicorn


“The real purpose of painting is to give pleasure. My work is an expression of joy. Joy in color. Joy in gesture. Joy in the act of creating itself." - Artist David Skillicorn

American abstract painter David Skillicorn explores complex spatial and color relationships through the use of texture, organic line, and sensuous fields of color. In mixed media works on canvas, Skillicorn creates sophisticated, intuitive paintings alive with surface texture, lush paint of vibrant colors in bold strokes over atmospheric passages.

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