Last weekend, after a panel discussion at The Pattern Shop about Wopo Holup’s work (see September 29, 2014 post), I took advantage of being downtown to see two other shows. A beautiful fall Rocky Mountain day was perfect for seeing art.
At aBuzz Gallery, Pat Isaacs Red Thread showcased her recent encaustic work. Full of energetic movement and intriguing textures, the two halves of Skip and Peel 1& 2 spoke well to each other.
Detail
Motley 6, 7, the left hand pair of a four panel piece also moved the eye back and forth with suggestions of wind moving through trees or branches.
I hadn’t been to William Havu Gallery in the Golden Triangle for quite some time but was drawn there by several items on their latest announcement, especially Homare Ikeda’s paintings. They were really wonderful with lots of color, yummy paint strokes and some interesting repeating motifs such as dots and sharp angles that made the images relate to each other across the room.
Mrs. A
Lady C
Upstairs were the mysterious smoke drawings of Dennis Lee Mitchell. Somehow calling to mind the human form and also black and white photographic negatives, they were haunting and beautiful.
Poylyptych
Detail
Back downstairs was a large ceramic wall piece, Quadrants 1-40, by Nancy Lovendahl. Using 12” textured squares, the artist united the composition by repeating the circle, rectangle and meandering line elements.
