Kim Murton’s ceramic sculptures blur the line between abstract and figurative.  Color and pattern and the surface of the clay are all important aspects of her work. And of course, humor and wit are ever present.  Murton is interested in repetition and the subtle differences that can happen.  “I like how an abstract shape can allude to the figure - the way a rock formation can resemble a face or a mountain range can look like a body lying on its' side. Often my pieces, in retrospect, mirror what was going on around me as I was working; whether it was a neighbor walking by my window or a state of mind that I was in.”  Murton coils and pinches terra cotta clay, working from the bottom up and in profile. The pieces are painted with colored slip and clear glazed.  In this show she will have several large totem pieces.

Pictured Left: "Hi, How are ya?" clay 

Kelly Neidig paints with oil on panel. Though initially perceived as abstract compositions, Kelly’s work subtly evokes landscapes.  She uses colors that evoke past memories of places she’s been, toys she had as a child and old objects.  Some colors come from dreams and some from her imagination.  She arranges her colorful pattern of lines to create these memory landscapes.  Her method of painting starts with drippy layers of thinned paint, usually yellow and bright colors. Then she adds thick opaque layers of paint, covering up the thin layers, and in places letting the under color show through. In places the paint will bead up and form interesting patterns.   Neidig says she doesn’t  “like to have a set idea in my mind about what the painting is going to look like.  But when the painting is done, I just know that it is done.”

Pictured right:  ""Moraine" oil on panel