Featured Artist Grub’s images are bright, bold and raw, often depicting dream-like scenes with human figures interacting in blurred settings. Each face he represents evokes a dynamic emotional, often uncomfortable state. His exhibit "Vessels" will be featured on our main gallery wall from January 10th until early April, with an opening reception on Saturday, February 8th. Come experience it for yourself!

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Artist Statement:

VESSELS

A vessel is an object that is used to contain something. It is also something that can carry us off somewhere. In a vascular sense, it is used for circulation. A conversation can also be a type of vessel. A person is sometimes described as a vessel, particularly in a religious sense, to carry or receive something outside of themselves. Sometimes the same object can carry multiple of these meanings at once. Each one of these paintings has a vessel in it- perhaps several- perhaps many.

A note on the process and display: I admit the unstretched, unframed canvas is used partly for convenience, due to the size of the paintings, but I also feel that the ragged-edged, fragmented look of them relates to the content of the work. I feel that my paintings often represent trailing thoughts- not really dreams-but conscious yet fluid thoughts- one melding into another. So to me, framing  them almost seems too rigid, an attempt to outline and define something that is nebulous and indeterminate. But of course any would-be  purchaser should feel free to frame them if they want. That will be their experience and it is just as valid as my own.