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Senior show encapsulates ‘What’s Within’
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 WOMAN’S HANDS #2: Christine Heap, 12”x12”, 2008 An opening reception for the artists will be held Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. in the gallery. The exhibition, titled, “What’s Within,” showcases the body of work that Emily Chartier, Christine Heap, Ashley Heisler and Matthew McDonal have developed during their time as students at EOU. Emily Chartier is interested in the connection between the five stages of grief, (bargaining, depression, anger, denial and acceptance), and how they relate to physical injury. Working mainly with large drawings on paper using charcoal, Chartier’s images describe her own process of loss. She hopes to encourage others to explore their methods of coping with situations like death, disease and the breakdown of the human body. Christine Heap began making art at an early age and her current work explores the nature of humanity through self-portraiture in painting with the actual subject being only her hands. She feels that the hands can show details about an individual through various gestures and movement. Heap also has a strong interest in all of the world and the intricacy and complexity of how man and nature are intertwined. Her work encompasses a desire to share a strong faith combined with a belief in the infinite possibilities of what the human race can accomplish. Ashley Heisler’s work focuses on form and function in ceramics. Her functional work reflects her interest in family and connections that are built while sharing moments.
 UNTITLED: Ashley Heisler, 11” diameter, 2008 For Heisler, these points represent the occasions that families come together in daily life and in annual traditions. Matthew McDonal’s body of work reflects people, the choices they make and their actions throughout life. Using large-scale paintings and images fused in glass, he renders the human form to depict the act of making a choice. Using snapshots from a camera as reference, McDonal is capturing each individual’s spirit and how he or she chooses to pose before the picture is taken. By seeing how each subject establishes themselves in a photo, he captures pieces of their identity and individuality. All four of these artists are describing what is inside, whether it is what is inside themselves or what can be seen inside of others. It is the correlation between inner space and daily life that has brought these four together for this exhibition. For information call Nightingale Gallery at 962-3667. Note that opening receptions for exhibitions now take place Fridays from 6 to 8 p.m. Nightingale Gallery will no longer hold openings on Saturdays. |
