Our
May featured artists: Katherine Boren, “Textures-Tones”, showing in the main
gallery, also featuring Danielle Branchaud “Emotive” in the white gallery, and
off the main gallery Shadow Boxes by Ron Evans. This exhibit continues
through May 30, 2016.
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| Katherine Boren |
In the Main Gallery
– Katherine Boren’s series of new works, entitled “Textures-Tones”,
continues and expands her exploration of multiple mediums evoking various
emotions, events, and places utilizing nonrepresentational
techniques. By focusing on using a predominantly monochromatic
palette and utilizing a combination of nontraditional and found materials in
unexpected ways, her new works emphasize the reflection of light, varying
textures and shapes, and differing grades of color saturation, while addressing
universal experiences, environments, and feelings in an intuitive
manner. She emphasizes the use of color, form, and texture to
evoke emotional and psychological reactions to her art. Boren states
that her most successful work utilizes a base hue and uses its shades, tones,
and tints to encourage further exploration by the viewer. Originally
from New York, Boren studied at New York University, and the New School; she
graduated with an emphasis in sculpture from the State University of New
York. Her work has been exhibited at numerous venues in solo, group,
juried, and member shows. More information can be found on her
website at www.katherineboren.com.
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| Danielle Branchaud |
In the White Gallery – Danielle Branchaud
“The things
that drive the human experience are based on instinct and emotion. Since the
beginning of mankind the ways in which we relate to one another, connect, and
evolve have consistently been revolving around those basic drives. And these
instincts lurk still, within the depths of the human subconscious.” States Danielle Branchaud
It is this that prompts the inspiration for D.
Branchaud’s work. Combined with a survey of personal experience, her paintings
have created a window through the eyes of the subconscious, into a place that
illustrates those basest of instincts and emotions. The goal of works such as
the “Emotive” series is to illustrate the universality of emotion. It not only
serves as a reflection of the artist’s own experience, but also provides a
mirror for the audience to see within themselves.
Her work walks a tightrope between fantasy and
surrealism, into an honest realm of pure visceral emotion. The “Emotive” series
largely skimmed the surface. Her new work is intended to reach new depths,
delving into her personal world of dreamscapes. The nightmarish imagery used to
illuminate those unconscious thoughts serve as further exploration into the
things that make us human.
D. Branchaud was born in Canada in 1985, and
has been painting with acrylics since 2003. She currently resides in Florida,
and is continuing her series work as well as various commissions and projects.
The intimacy that she employs with the “Emotive” and “Visceral” series’ is also
applied to portraits (where the goal is not simply to achieve a likeness, but
to capture the essence of the subject), as well as conceptual commissions and
illustrations.
For more infor
Small
Gallery – Ron Evans
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| Ron Evans |
“The "things"in my art aren't really things,rather
shapes that fuse together and connect.
These works become loose and painterly. “ states Ron Evans
Fort Myers artist Ron
Evans will be
exhibiting his shadow boxes. Ron considers himself more of a “colourist” as
opposed to an “artist.” He tries to capture the interaction of shapes
dissolving into a structure of colour. His media of choice is acrylic or
watercolour. Ron’s works range in size from small to very large, and are a
colourful explosion of abstract fantasy.
