The Lisa Coscino Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of its new exhibitions. The Main Gallery will feature the work of Bud Gordon in an exhibition titled "Images of Home". In the Mid Gallery we will feature the work of Dianna Cohen in an exhibition titled, " Images from The Curse". The exhibitions will open on May 21st and continue through July 3rd. There will be an artists' reception on Friday, 21 May from 6-8pm. The Gallery is located at 216 Grand Avenue in Pacific Grove.

This will be Bud Gordon's second one-person show with the Gallery. Gordon lives and paints in Sacramento and this show will consist of new work in watercolor and oil, the subject matter being the Sacramento urban landscape and figures. Having studied with Wayne Thiebaud as well as Robert Arneson, Gordon's work combines the best of two and three dimensional work. His canvasses incorporate globs of enamel housepaint as undercoating which he then works very hard to conceal and camouflage. Gordon's watercolors are torn and collaged together so that they become photographic at a distance and break down into color and pattern up close. Gordon's work engages the viewer in a cat and mouse game of trying to decide what is below the surface.

 

 

 

This will be Los Angeles artist, Dianna Cohen's second one person show with the Gallery as well. Cohen, who creates abstract collages out of found plastic bags hand sewn together, has also recently edited a book titled "The Curse: Stories, Writings, Poems, Musings and Snatches of Conversations about Getting Your Period". The work for this exhibition is based on stories from this book and follows the various themes within. The work created for this show was done in Australia where Cohen has been doing an Artist Residency. The new work also combines watercolor and drawing into the collage medium. She will be at the reception where we will be doing a book signing as well.