August 26 - October 5
Light Serious Play
S.B. Sowbel, Bradley Fox, Jen Burton, Margaret Blanchard
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Bradley Fox . Bradley Fox is a story teller in richly textured painting. The story unfolds in the form of a still life, using toys, books, and general stuff, Bradley creates a tale through the interaction of the objects that clutter our lives and nightstands, often to humorous results.
Jen Burton . Jen Burton plunks her figures down in sparse and unlikely landscapes, forcing us to focus our gaze on their personalities. We feel akin to these hapless figures in their isolation, but the result is not sympathy or sadness. Jen makes us laugh at their predicament and in turn teaches us to laugh at ourselves. A good hearty belly laugh kind of feel.
Margaret Blanchard. Margaret Blanchard has taken stained glass out of the windows and shown us a world of shimmering joy. Pushing the medium from 2D to 3D, Margaret shows us the multitude of ways light plays with forms. Her sculptures developed to encompass our world, small villages, people forms, modes of travel. Encompassing found glass the  shapes took on a whimsy that animates the figures and creates a miniature world of moving light.
S.B. Sowbel. S.B.Sowbel's lushly worked prints are exploring the boustrophedon as a base for the narrative that unfolds. The boustrophedon is an early form of writing, first in one direction then repeating itself in the opposite, that creates the lively action of the whole piece as the image builds. The results of this action process are lively, colorful explosions of  abstracted fun.