2nd Friday ArtAbout at the Pence Gallery

Join us at the Pence Gallery for our 2nd Friday ArtAbout reception on January 10, 6 – 9 PM. Browse a variety of art exhibits and enjoy some wine by Fiddlehead Cellars. Free admission!

Stephen Giannetti: All In

Dec. 13 – Feb. 2

Stephen Giannetti has explored the grid and the circle in various media over his 30-year career. Using poker chips as a stencil for layering spray paint, he creates an active space where colors mix, and shapes fade in and out of view. By painting three primary and three secondary colors in a specific pattern to define a set of same-sized circles, Giannetti seeks to create an engaging visual experience, where the act of seeing color is primary. The artist also uses poker chips as the building blocks of sculptural forms, referencing baskets, vases, or geometric shapes.

Bussie Parker Kehoe: A Curious Garden

Jan. 10 – Feb. 28

Bussie Parker Kehoe’s mixed media work walks the line between painting and sculpture. The artist painstakingly pours discarded household paint into stacks of colorful circles, celebrating found materials in unusual ways. Laying the dried circles in support next to one another, her work resembles leaves in an explosion of growth. Other times, Kehoe cuts the dried paint peels into smaller shapes, placed next to each other in an irregular colorful patchwork. Kehoe views her work as reminiscent of the patterned Korean textiles from her youth, creating a lively ‘quilt’ full of texture and movement that seems to escape from its base. 

Jordan Hayes: The Little Things

Dec. 6 – Jan. 30

Jordan Hayes is a figurative painter whose recent work centers on portraying objects with underlying stories and deeper meanings. Her figures engage with these items in quiet scenes, featuring dramatic lighting, eye-catching hues, and attention to detail, to provoke a greater appreciation for life’s subtleties.

Quilled Paper Art by Kathy Canfield Shepard

Jan. 10 – Feb. 28

Kathy Canfield Shepard stretches the boundaries of traditional techniques to create intricate three-dimensional works of art out of paper. Trained in surface pattern design, she uses her own designed papers in her work, incorporates her skills as a graphic designer and watercolor artist, and uses seed beads and other found objects to highlight her designs. Her work is on display along the stairway.

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Visit the Pence and other venues in Downtown Davis for the 2nd Friday artwalk. We will have printed ArtAbout guides available that week. Follow the 2nd Friday ArtAbout Facebook page for more information: https://www.facebook.com/davisartabout.

Images:

Stephen Giannetti, “Cactus Bell”

Bussie Parker Kehoe, “Languorous” (photo by Brandon Joseph Baker, detail)

Jordan Hayes, “Red Coat” (detail)

Kathy Canfield Shepard, “Hybrid-Abstract”