April 01 – 26
Of Cell and Sky
Artists: ​​CJ Cowden, Elizabeth Knowles, and Ralph Paquin
Guest Artists: Brian Hallas and Marita Setas Ferro
This body of work explores nature in both its grand, visible forms and its hidden, microscopic structures. Some of the work evokes abstract impressions of flowers, foliage, or landscapes gestures toward the natural world as we experience it. Others dive beneath the surface, resembling cellular structures or biological processes that hint at the invisible systems sustaining life.
Rather than aiming for literal representation, the work seeks to capture the essence and rhythm of nature its beauty, chaos, balance, and evolution. The abstract forms are meant to feel alive, in motion, as if caught in a state of transformation.
The exhibition invites viewers to slow down, observe, and feel their way through the organic forms recognizing patterns that are at once familiar and unknown. It’s a reflection on how deeply intertwined we are with the natural world, from the cellular to the cosmic.
At its heart, this work is also a quiet call to awareness. As we marvel at nature’s complexity and wonder, we are reminded of our responsibility to protect and preserve it. The fragility and resilience captured in these pieces echo the urgency of environmental care and the hope that through attention and action, we can ensure the natural world continues to thrive.
Explore the Collection
CJ Cowden
Elizabeth Knowles
Ralph Paquin
Brian Hallas
On View: May 11 – 24
Marita Setas Ferro
On View: May 25 –
More About the Works
Unseen
Unseen confronts the quiet tragedy of overlooked truths, urging viewers to open their eyes to the obvious-where attention could be compassion, and recognition could change everything.
As She Dreams
As She Dreams drifts through a
monochrome realm where splattered lines and thick pools of ink become fragments of a subconscious-chaotic yet intimate like thoughts unraveling in the stillness of sleep.
Beneath the surface, the abstract forms echo the residue of trauma-moments too sharp to remember clearly, yet too deep to forget. The piece captures the fragile space where healing begins: not in clarity, but in the raw, tangled beauty of what the mind dares to dream when it finally lets go.
Summoning Up Things Past I, II, III
These pieces evokes a quiet summoning of what once was, the ghosts of forgotten childhoods, its crackled Victorian doll face texture echoing the fragile remnants of what time refuses to preserve.
Stitch me back together
Stitch me back together with barbed wire and threads of gold that carry his name ignore the tears. I’ll heal for you with a strength that glistens.
Stitch Me Back Together winds through tangled ink like barbed wire—sharp, chaotic, unresolved—yet laced with delicate threads of gold oil paint. That carries a name. The artist whispers, Ignore the tears. I’ll heal for you, with a quiet strength that glistens, not in spite of the pain, but because of it.
Oh the Song so Sweet
Oh the song so sweet, only a memory away, held in my heart until I see you again one day.
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In the quiet corners of my heart, your song still plays—sweet, familiar, just a memory away. I carry it with me through the days without you, holding on until we’re together again, wherever that may be. This piece is about death and one day being reunited
Mute Forbearance
A wall sculpture that embodies the quiet ache of being unprotected—the sharpness left behind when someone who could have spoken up chose not to. The jagged wood spikes jutting outward represent tremendous hurt and deep disappointment, while the black that coats them is the color of sadness because of the lost trust.
You Let me Be
“You Let Me Be” is a visual surrender—a plea for old pain to loosen its grip. Through ink and charcoal, this piece captures the intimate struggle of release and the fragile hope of healing.
I Found a Type of Peace
“I Found a Type of Peace” is a meditation on hope and quiet transformation. It captures the tension between heaviness and light, offering a glimpse of the peace that can emerge even in the shadow of the past.
You are Restless
“You Are Restless” investigates what it means to move through the world marked by past pain. A portrait of endurance and visibility, this piece honors the strength in being seen and the restlessness of a body that remembers.