VALISE Gallery presents, 100% ABSTRACT. 

This April show is a first for the collective. While half of the members create abstract art at least some of the time, the other half has had to let go of the reality of humans, dogs, trees, clouds and leap into the unknown.
Jiji Saunders took on the challenge in a big way, painting a 6 foot by 5 foot abstract which she says “explores the physical sensation of lying in the sunlight, on the edge of a field or orchard where the body is constantly shifting between comfort and discomfort.”
Sharon Shaver hung onto color, let go of everything else and picked up a brush having no idea what she was going to paint, a big change from her usual habit of exploring with pencil and paper first. “As I was beginning my third painting I was almost shocked to realize that Lenard Yen’s art had seeped up from my unconscious, although mine is a sloppy version of his precise geometric style.

”Lenard Yen says, "Paradox and ambiguity lie at the heart of much of my abstract painting. There are spontaneous as well as considered aspects that provide both tension and balance. Like bittersweet and poignant, life in its absurd way exists at the meeting place between past and future, the momentary now. And in turn, viewers are invited to engage in their own subjective interpretations of sensory and intuitive responses to what is revealed before them. What a wonderful world!"

100% ABSTRACT opens at VALISE Gallery Friday April, 1:00 to 9:00. Regular hours are Friday and Saturdays 1 to 6.