"Out of ourselveS"

SHOW DATES: July 2 to August 1

Opening Reception: Sunday, July 11, 1-4
Gallery Talk: Saturday, July 17, noon 

Gallery Hours:
Friday - Saturday 12-6 & Sunday 1-4

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 This exhibition brings together two artists working in abstraction but with different approaches. Jenny Shircliff's work is more organic and fluid whereas Anne Huntington's paintings focus on the contrast between unstructured and geometric forms.

Anne Huntington 
Anne Huntington had some training in architecture in the distant past but is essentially a self taught artist. She grew up in England and has been in Louisville for the last thirty plus years. She joined PYRO in 2017.

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In this show some themes have carried over from my last one, but new ideas and processes have evolved. I am still inspired by the material evidence of degeneration that I come across as I walk my neighborhood, but now my focus is contrast and texture.

I started this journey by cutting up previous paintings and gluing them to unstretched canvas, which in turn was glued to wooden panels. I wanted the workings to be apparent, so these are incorporated into the final result. Later I became intrigued by the various and unpredictable effects of adding layers of wax paper to an underpainting and then covering them with acrylic or oil paint; most of the paintings fall into this category.

Jenny Shircliff 
I studied drawing, painting, and art history over many years. Originally, my work was naturalistic and depicted interiors and the figure. Of late, I have turned to abstraction.

Many of my pieces in this show derive from sketchbook entries, while others are a direct response to the blank surface. In either case, I try to let the work take me where it wants to go – what I call having a "conversation" with the piece. (Struggles ensue when the painting or drawing is not "talking" to me – or perhaps I'm just not listening).

While I rely on my background to inform my work, intuition is perhaps the most important element. Additionally, I want the materials I use to be apparent through painterly brushstrokes, blended areas, and gestural mark making.