Jeff Legg

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Participating Artists:

Hollis Dunlap, Ulrich Gleiter, Marc Hanson, Jeff Legg, Derek Penix, Aaron Westerberg

Gallery 1261 is pleased to feature new works by Hollis Dunlap, Ulrich Gleiter, Marc Hanson, Jeff Legg, Derek Penix, and Aaron Westerberg, each of whom have recently joined the gallery’s stable of artists. The show runs from April 19 through June 1, 2013, with an opening reception on Friday, April 19, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM.

These six new artists have come together in one show, expressing a wonderful breadth of subjects from mid-western landscapes to intimate interiors and figurative works to lush still lifes. German born, Russian trained Ulrich Gleiter delivers heavily impasto landscapes, painted plein air at locals favored by many of his artistic heroes. Jeff Legg, best known for his dark, moody still life treats inanimate objects as Hollis Dunlap approaches the figure, with mystery and quiet intimacy. Hanson, Penix and Westerberg add greatly to the new works found in this show with a strong sense of place, developed with painterly, rich and imaginative brushwork.

Gregory Block

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GALLERY 1261 is pleased to present a show of new works by Colorado painter Gregory Block. Block’s latest ethereal offering of over 30 paintings of still life and landscapes are the perfect summer stash of calm and contemplative works exploring the quotidian, shedding new light on familiar, often over-looked, objects.

Since his last show at Gallery1261, Block has gained wider recognition but his greatest successes during this time have been in the studio. Instead he’s stayed focused on the process of painting. He explained, "My work has evolved in the sense that I am becoming more comfortable in the realm of contemporary realism. I feel my skillset is improving, I'm becoming more capable of choosing what to leave out when it comes to composing a piece, but most of all I’m becoming more patient."

He’s also been playing with the concept of ‘elevating objects from the mundane’ by actually physically elevating his still life subject matter. "We're typically accustomed to looking at an onion or a jalapeno or a stack of teacups from a somewhat aerial perspective. By presenting these things from an elevated perspective, I hope to encourage the viewer to bring a fresh eye to the object. I believe my role as an artist is to see these things primarily for their visual qualities and not for their "object-ness."

Ultimately, Block explains that this work is about looking closely. “I think it's safe to say that we're all aware, at least on some level, of the dramatic acceleration in the pace of everyday life in the 21^st-century. I take great pleasure in standing for days, watching as the leaves of a plant droop, as the light changes while the sun arcs across the sky. I can only hope that if a certain arrangement is enough to capture my interest for weeks on end, it can be enough to strike someone else in a similar fashion, even for a second or two.”

Participating Artists:

Carolyn Barlock, Gregory Block, Dianne L. Massey Dunbar, Hollis Dunlap, Josh Elliott, Scott Fraser, Ulrich Gleiter, Marc Hanson, Daniel Keys, Dan McCaw, Danny McCaw, John McCaw, C.W. Mundy, Derek Penix, David Shevlino, Jeff Uffelman, Aaron Westerberg