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The Lisa Coscino Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of its new exhibitions. The Main Gallery will feature the work of Matthew Reynolds in an exhibition entitled "voids and volumes". The Front Gallery will feature the work of Lisa Channer Miller in an exhibition entitled "Repetitions". The exhibitions will open on Friday, February 28th and continue through March 29th. There will be an artists' reception on Friday, February 28th from 6-8pm. Both artists will be present. The Gallery is located at 171 Central Avenue in Pacific Grove.

Santa Cruz artist, Matthew Reynolds can be best described as a contemporary minimalist. The images in this exhibition are part of his ongoing meditations of our dual awareness of and identification with the personal self and the transcendent, metapersonal self. In his art, the forms he creates serve as visual metaphors for these dual existences. Using shapes which vacillate in space, Matthew's work engages the viewer through the dissolution of story, into the spatial subtle body. As one's perceptions of the image shifts, attention to the present moment becomes more palpable: thoughts, reactions, and sensations become intermingled with form, a union between art object and personal response create content that is as mutable as our awareness. The essence of Matthew's work lays within the solitary expansion of contemplation. The interplay between optic and haptic elements is vital in the creation of his images. This balance between visual and sensual qualities creates an intensified connection to the work and keeps it from being fundamentally intellectual. Working with such materials as dry pigments, nylon flocking, oil paint, bee's wax, and pine rosin give the imagery an organic quality. The process of working with these materials becomes ritualistic. The act of making is directly transferred into the final piece: there is a kind of simplicity that allows the forms to exist without directing attention back to the maker. As with Haiku, the formal parameters of each series are set; allowing the interaction between line, shape, color, and surface to emerge unencumbered, unmediated.

Lisa Channer Miller's work is a direct result of her many years as a textile designer in England and Spain. Her work as a decorative artist has evolved from the traditional format of textile design to the detailed exploration of color and shape in repetitive forms and series applied to various media. The thematic influences in Miller's work come from her deep appreciation of both historic and modern textiles. Recognizing that light, form,color and movement all enhance the experience of pattern, Miller work is a spectrum of detailed studies of repetitive pattern and color, presented within a specific environment and framework and influenced by one another.

Gallery Hours are:
Tuesday - Saturday: 11-5:30
and by appointment.

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