The Ironton show, presence and absence is up, and we have had a great response:  a good crowd with many friends and colleagues at our opening and the first of our events in the space, a yoga class in the gallery yesterday morning.  This weekend is also Doors Open Denver, an event that highlights architectural spaces in Denver.  This year’s tour is based around the theme Redux/Redo and is showcasing renovated or recycled spaces.  Ironton is participating, and the gallery and studio spaces are open 10-4 both Saturday and Sunday.

The image above is the new wall piece I made for the Ironton space, trace. For this exhibition, I was interested in working with new imagery, and a sense of subtlety.  The past wall paintings have been very bold, with high contrast.  And since the new piece in the planning stages for the Foothills Art Center will continue in this vein, I wanted to take this opportunity to work with a different aesthetic, equally native to my vocabulary.  In beginning trace, I knew the image I was interested in, and that I wanted to use a back corner and the window in the gallery space that has often been viewed as problematic – in other words, letting the piece live in the least likely location.  For the color, I came with a quart of paint, and quickly realized that I would need to adjust and find a hue that was more related to the color of the wall, light, and shadows.  I find that it is most interesting to me during the day, with the interplay of natural light and shadow to some extent confusing the shadows with the paint. But, I will continue to photograph it at different times of day, and offer some other views of the piece in different lighting situations.

Here are a few more installation shots of the show, as well as our opening and the yoga event.