ON VIEW APRIL 1 TO MAY 2, 2026
First Thursday: April 2, 2026. 5:00 - 8:00pm
Jana Demartini -Tree With Shadow
Philip Stork -Forest Light
MAIN GALLERY
Jana Demartini
Dancing With Trees
Exploring the power of trees, Jana Demartini’s new exhibition, Dancing with Trees embraces the multifaceted mystique of the forest. Despite the arboreal nature of her subject however, her paintings unmistakably entangle humanity as well.
For Demartini, her arborous subjects seem to exist simultaneously immersed in, and set intentionally apart from a human world that sometimes violently interjects upon them. Her tree subjects resonate with presence as they impose and transgress the limits of metaphor.
This independence demands both attention and respect, even as its fragility is brought up as questions of conservation emerge. If there is resolution in Dancing with Trees, it is that a world exists that is not centered on humanity, and that this strong and quiet world may outlast our paradoxes.
Artist Talk - April 18, 2006, 2:00pm - Jana Demartini
Verdant Hour
Member Group Exhibition
Creatively channeling regenerative seasonal change, The Verdant Hour embraces nature as the aesthetic of renewal. Although the impermanence contained here implies no definite end, the lush blossoming of The Verdant Hour affirms that the generative power of cycles is cross-contextual. Inspired by Spring as both symbol and source, in this group show Blackfish artists use the rich visual language of regrowth to explore the possibilities contained in transformation.
Pomegranate Doyle -She Floates in the Air
GALLERY 2
Pomegranate Doyle
Circe, Circle, Circus
Pomegranate Doyle’s new exhibition Circe, Circle, Circus encourages viewers to follow its wild and untrammled paths in order to uncover their own liberated being. For Doyle, this wellspring is the root of not just artistic impulse, but also political resistance. This intermingling of enchantment and solidity is brought together by ligaments of vivid color and archetypal figures that dance across Doyle’s panels. Emphasizing the transformative power of creative impulse, Circe, Circle, Circus subversively suggests that restraints, whether personal or political, cannot help but wither when faced with the blossoming of inherent expression. The scale of the work in Circe, Circle, Circus is at first beguiling. As Doyle’s organic forms spill over their frames in fecund exuberance however an emergent aesthetic takes precedent. Taken together, Circe, Circle, Circus seems to suggest that the simple act of reconnecting with our own personal authority might joyfully transform the world.
Artist Talk - April 18, 2006, 2:00pm - Pomegranate Doyle
Mae Al-Jiboori - A collection of ceramic vases
Justin Auld -Man 3
JAMES HIBBARD GALLERY
Justin Auld
Address Label Mandalas
Drawing from the Buddhist tradition of the Mandala as a meditation device, Auld uses the mundane material of address labels as a vehicle to construct complicated visual patterns.
Both the process of construction and the end product force a slowing down and concentration on pattern and subsequently a meditative state of contemplation of where beauty resides and how the everyday can be transformed into the extraordinary.