The Styrous® Viewfinder: Andra Norris Gallery ~ Metamorphosis

July 29, 2018

Andra Norris Gallery ~ Metamorphosis

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Last night I attended the opening of the new exhibition at the Andra Norris Gallery, Metamorphosis.

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For this exhibition, the work of Seattle, Washington, artist, Betty Jo Costanzo was added to the work of artists represented by the gallery and featured in the front window.

Showing in the exhibition is the work of Betty Jo Costanzo, Justyna Kisielewicz, Stephanie Peek, David Shevlino and Elena Zolotnitsky. Metamorphosis will run through September 8, 2018.

The Artists

Betty Jo Costanzo immerses herself in coastal settings using all of her senses — sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell — and then records her environment (via video and audiotape), which she later plays in her studio while painting not only the “appearance” of water and sky, but the “essence” of her experiences.

Betty Jo Costanzo

Polish artist Justyna Kisielewicz resides in California; she considers Western culture, consumption, and capitalism, as well as other issues that affect the state of the world, through the lens of contemporary Bay Area life.

Justyna Kisielewicz ~ Triptych

The “Leaf-Light” oil paintings by Stephanie Peek incorporate ground European alabaster, and they poetically depict sprays of eucalyptus leaves that the artist brought into her studio to study under a variety of man-made light sources and natural daylight fading into night.

Stephanie Peek ~ “Leaf-Light” oil paintings

The David Shevlino female figures, still-life scenes, and landscape link traditional representation with abstraction.

David Shevlino ~ Figure

The oil paintings by Elena Zolotnitsky probe deeply into the mystery of the medium. Seeking to create works alive with the raw physicality of paint, to which viewers relate on an emotional level, Zolotnitsky has navigated themes from figures and still-life flowers to urban and landscape. The gallery premiers Zolotnitsky’s Extinct Chair series. The exhibition’s title, Metamorphosis, is borrowed from the artist’s newest theme, with discarded chairs morphing from a thing of purpose to the artist’s muse. Oil paintings and editioned (1/3) hanging tapestries (created with the artist at Magnolia Editions) are featured in the exhibition.