Five Points Gallery Artist Talk

January 16 6:30 – 8 PM Moderated by Steven Holmes Featuring artists: Kathi Packer  Rosemary Cotnoir Jessica Fallis Donna Namnoum Alan Neider Peggy Reeves Heather Scofield Matt Wood     About the shows: Another Tale Revisited – TDP GALLERY Reality informs and inspires an imaginary world as Kathi Packer explores shape, texture, color, and the overall beauty of the Serengeti’s landscape. Her bold brushstrokes and unconventional palette, inspired by African textiles, create visual patterns allowing for endless interpretations. Focusing on acacia trees and termite mounds, Packer creates layered, organic abstractions that suggest a dangerous beauty. Packer states, “In bloom, this tree presents a dazzle of white cotton flowers. Yet, hidden amongst thick clusters of white are 4-inch black thorns…and the enormous castle-like termite mounds rise twice my height; like much in this environment, danger is hidden to the uninformed eye.”   Nature Interpreted – WEST & TSB GALLERIES Aspasia Anos’ monotypes incorporate reflective elements of the landscape, including transient and liminal waterscapes. Subject and process become inseparable. Rather than document what has been, these photographic collages and mixed-media monotypes give shape to change and are shaped by it in turn. Anos states, “My interests lie in the dynamic interplay between residue and mark, evidence and response, memory remade by memory: clarity arrived through chance and complication.” Rosemary Cotnoir employs a unique approach to capturing the abstract components and presence of the world around her. Inspired by indigenous art and Japanese woodblock prints, these intricate paintings are built using layers of pattern and texture. Hatch lines and clustered dots whimsically transform forests, coastlines, and aerial landscapes into a visual tapestry. Inspired by her travels, Jessica Fallis’s paintings echo the presence and sublime nature of old-growth forests. Large trees and foliage dominate the canvas, immersing the viewer in the dreamlike scenery of Muir Woods. The color and light of the West Coast play an important role, highlighting the overlooked remnants in the forest. Fallis states, “​​These places symbolize the interconnectedness of the forest, and the cyclical way that new life grows out of the old.” Donna Namnoum is a ceramist who creates abstracted sculptural vessels and forms inspired by plants. Her work blends utilitarian function with fantasy. Covered jars, wall pockets, vases, and sculptural forms combine in an alien-like garden that is in a perpetual state of growth and decay. Incorporating unusual surfaces, textures, and colors. Donna states, “My goal is that uncertainty and experimentation be visible in the final work while conjuring familiar forms; some easily recognizable and others vague.” Alan Neider’s mixed-media Exotic Plant Life series blends his interests in painting, gardening, and textiles. Neider aims to create work that is direct and impactful w...