2905 San Gabriel, Ste 101  /  Austin, Texas 78705
tel. 512.454.6671  /  fax. 512.454.9560

2007

MAUREEN BROUILLETTE
Road Trip
August 16 - September 6

Travel photos, collected post cards, and well-worn maps provide inspiration for MB mixed media collages. Her recent work takes us on a ROAD TRIP through middle America yet suggests a contemporary viewpoint ripe for interpretation.

A ferris wheel hovers over a carnival midway and industrial grade yellow paint signals caution. Architectural snapshots such as these define each collage With the layering of paint and paper, Brouillette merges reality with abstraction. She integrates elements with gestural, graffiti-like line and quiets bold color with contrasting neutral hues. The result is imagery that has both an energetic rhythm and room to breathe.

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BONNIE LYNCH
Vessels of Scale and Clarity
September 20 - October 12

Whether created on the vast expanses of far west Texas or in her Austin studio, Bonnie Lynch's ceramic work reference the simple, elegant forms of nature. For Lynch, who grew up on a ranch east of El Paso, the open land remains an inspiration for creating vessels of clarity and scale. Organic in nature, her vessels are constructed with hand-formed coils, layered and smoothed, and once dry, packed in straw and manure for pit and kiln firing.

Evoking the stillness and scale of a desert landscape, Lynch's vessels stand clearly as sculptural objects. "Space, within and without, is an integral part of each piece", she explains. "The interior form, created almost accidentally, is as important as the exterior. After firing, they become more prominent. Very often they will be completely black; suddenly there's this infinite empty, negative space - a quiet pause, so to speak."