EVOCATION
On View July 14-September 2, 2023
Art-making is often guided by the present moment, yet is informed by the transformative force of introspection. Fostering a greater understanding of ourselves and what shapes us, self-reflection is intrinsic to the artist’s process. Using nature and landscape to sift through memories, this group exhibition features six diverse artists who bring these recollections to conscious mind, showcasing the power of reflection through their artwork. Featuring painting, wall sculpture and mixed media, EVOCATION invites the viewer to pause and indulge in their own contemplations through each unique work.
This group exhibition features the work of Virginia Steck, Matt Christie, Atticus Adams, Kim Ferrer, Peter Illig, Doug Haeussner.
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KIM FERRER
KIM FERRER presents a body of work that interprets the recurring cycles of the seasons as nature’s lesson in impermanence, revealing a gradual process of acceptance, shedding, surrender and renewal. Simple raw materials as wood, porcelain, fiber, and paper reflect rhythms in nature while becoming metaphors of shedding a past or unfolding into a future.
PETER ILLIG
The conflict between the rational mind and the urges of the unconscious informs PETER ILLIG’s creative process. Pulling imagery from a variety of sources, Illig combines memories into paintings as one would create a collage. The montage of images creates strange associations, feelings of nostalgia and longing. Neon signs are associated with the past and urban noir scenes. He uses them to explore how the written word and painted images can combine to affect one’s emotions.
MATT CHRISTIE
Employing landscape as a metaphor to explore his own psychological nature and development, MATT CHRISTIE’s work is not directed externally but, rather, focused internally. Landscape imagery is an integral part of his self- a form and presence that connects inner nature with outer nature. As such, Christie’s work serves as a self portrait, expressing such opposing forces in psychological development as death and growth, threat and safety, loneliness and relationship.
DOUG HAEUSSNER
DOUG HAEUSSNER utilizes found family photos as the source for his latest body of work “Snapshots”. The paintings have an observant quality that seeks to entice curiosity from the viewer. What was on the mind of this person when this photo was snapped? Haeussner’s desire is for each viewer to find their own connections to their own life and their past, perhaps unlocking what seem to have been forgotten memories.
VIRGINIA STECK
Through her paintings, VIRGINIA STECK seeks to create a conduit for the wild and creative of the natural world. Her paintings are textured, detailed and layered, yet they retain elusive and loose imagery that invites interpretation. Childhood memories of exploring forests, meadows and streams feeds her inspiration today as she searches for small moments of wonder through hiking and painting alike, allowing herself to be guided by the present rather than following a planned route.
ATTICUS ADAMS
ATTICUS ADAMS comes from a family of self-taught creators with a tradition of using simple, easily available materials for creative expression. The primary source of inspiration for Adam’s sprawling wall sculptures comes from childhood memories of long, slow summers with his grandmother. He reflects back to simpler times spent going in and out of the screen door on her back porch, into adventure and back to a warm embrace.
