Laura Wacha, Good Intentions, Acrylic on canvas, 32 x 54”There's something slightly familiar, maybe alarming, and vastly entertaining about Laura Wacha's paintings. She offers up a cast of characters that seem completely fanciful and off the wall, until you suddenly realize that you know this person, or maybe you even are this person, this stretched, lurid, and magnificently exhausted individual. And that one sort of reminds me of my neighbor... And oh jeez, this guy is just like my dad...
Laura brings to vivid life the mundane, everyday indignities we all have to ignore now and again just to keep our heads in the game. And she does it with packed compositions, kaleidoscope colors, and brushstrokes that are so complete and self-assured that you don't even know that they're there.
Combine all of that with her, ummm...unconventional embroideries, and polymer clay figurines--action figures for the apocalypse--and what we are given promises to be one of the most delightful, surprising, and sardonic shows you will encounter this year.
Exhibition dates: February 1 – March 1
First Friday Artscrawl Reception: February 1, 5 – 8:00 PM
Gallery Talk by Laura Wacha: Saturday, February 23, 1 – 2 PM
First Friday Artscrawl Reception: February 1, 5 – 8:00 PM
Gallery Talk by Laura Wacha: Saturday, February 23, 1 – 2 PM
Laura Wacha, Vernal Violation, Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 32"
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