Join us for this conversation with the artists.
While each artist explores personal themes and styles, a common theme evident in all their work is that of human vulnerability. Kay Aubanel and Cynthia van Frank guide us through issues of fragility and resilience: Aubanel with her vigorous rendering of uprooted tree trunks, and van Frank in portraits of her aging mother and objects that speak to the rituals of caregiving. Eva Lapka’s ceramic pieces express vulnerable, often liminal states of being through fragmentation and the overlapping of human and natural worlds. Elisabeth Galante’s intimate watercolours resemble visual haiku; their minimal gestures and subtle tonality seem to provoke open-ended conversations. Pat Walsh’s plein air paintings document her fascination with water’s paradox—its strength and yet transitory nature. All these works attest to an aesthetic richness and mastery of materials honed over a lifetime of artmaking.
