In Essence

IN ESSENCE
July 19 – September 6
Opening Receptions: Friday, July 19, 6 – 8 p.m. & Saturday, July 20, 12 – 4 p.m.

IN ESSENCE features new paintings by Cynthia Knapp, Criss Mills, Kate Hooray Osmond, and Jim Wise. ‘Essence’ is defined as the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something. Cynthia Knapp’s abstract works are musings on the inter-relationships of organic structures and an attempt to capture the most important characteristics of our physical environment. A trained architect, Criss Mills’s geometric abstractions are constructed of entangled fragments with the aim of provoking a dislocation to normative perception. Kate Hooray Osmond’s brightly colored geometric abstractions are explorations of the world’s energy, portraying a world full of paradox. Jim Wise’s contemporary surrealist paintings of roses are portraits of sublime objects of contemplation and an exploration of the human spirit.