Obie G Bowman: Biomorphic Imagery
January 10 - March 1, 2012
Reception: Friday, January 20, 5-7pm

Obie Bowman is an architect embracing the art of architecture and an artist embracing the architecture of art. The expression of his pen/brush and ink technique used to render space and form is as important to the work as the conceptual intent itself – with each giving, taking, and combining in an effort to resonate with the viewer. The drawings undergo substantial evolving and devolving during their development while continually searching out the intriguing and suggestive rather than the literal or traditional. This extensive selection is part of a series which pays homage to imagined, recalled, and interpreted biomorphic imagery.

Nancy Gingrich
Photography Artistry
March 6 - May 2, 2012
Reception: Friday, March 16, 5 - 7pm

The original inspiration for Nancy Gingrich’s digital creations came one day as she was taking pictures down from a wall next to a mirror. She noticed that the reverse images created astonishing symmetry, depth and complexity. Thus began her journey of discovery, which has evolved into this exhibition of works. Her artwork starts out as a photograph, most often a Sonoma County landscape, and is then enhanced digitally, printed, framed, and hand-decorated. Some pieces include a Buddha figure to symbolize the connection of the outer landscape with one’s inner landscape, which we access by contemplation or meditation.