Photos of RAIN/WATER exhibit

RAIN/WATER
exhibit statement

What is rain? But a combination of water droplets that have formed out of clouds, that have fallen to the earth, and have reconvened in puddles, lakes and oceans. Rainwater provides necessary hydration for the trees, bushes, and flowers of spring, and sustenance for animals and humans. This exploration of rain/water in the exhibit is a combination of artists who have dropped into one another’s art exhibits and lives over time, connected and convened, and are now combining their work in conversation in the rain puddles and oceans of this show.

This is our interpretations of rain/water. The work flows together out of our materials, but also the joy and color also flows from our friendship and enthusiasm for supporting one another’s artistry. There is flow of some form in each artists’ work, and we strove to curate & install the flow in the exhibit’s layout.

Rainwater runs and transforms, from above to below, it ebbs alongs and flows. What started as a tiny raindrop transforms into the strength of a mighty ocean wave. Any of these artworks individually represents a step in their journey — but in conversation and combination with the other artworks, becomes its own body of rain/water. 

Rain/water becomes a surface off of which color can reflect, or through which we can stare through into the depths. Each artist’s work invites you to get closer, look at, look through it, and find the smaller details in and through each piece. Take some time to move from noticing the raindrop ripples just above the surface, to all the rain joining to form new connections between interior and exterior, earth and human, and form and material. 

RAIN/WATER features oil paintings by Rachel Brask, oil paintings & wood carvings by Shawndavid Berry, and ceramic raindrop sculptures by Laura White Carpenter.