Flourish into Spring!

“Flourish into Spring!”
New work by Don Gardi and Margaret Haden

ARTISTS’ OPENING RECEPTION & FIRSTFRIDAY ARTWALK:
June 2, 5:30-8:30pm
With live music by Katya Janpoladyan, cello
+ light refreshments

SHOW RUNS:
June 2 – July 1

DON GARDI • pastel on paper
My focus and ambition for my work is to explore the universal connections we all share. Each subject has its own soul and its own qualities that make it special. Each painting is an allegorical interpretation of the subjects I paint. I hope to allow the viewer, if only for a moment, to enter the painting and experience the interconnectedness that all mankind shares with each other, with mother earth, the universe, and its creator.

MARGARET HADEN • ceramic
My work is made using numerous repetitive processes. The act of hand building is a time sensitive technique that allows me to contemplate the duality of form and surface. I am interested in how adornment alters and enhances form. I make vessels and objects that facilitate containment and possess highly decorated surfaces. Beauty through elements of subtlety combined with excess is what drives the surface of my work.

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Sat: 11 – 5
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