WATER WORKS Audra Weaser, Danielle Eubank, and Thea Schrack

June 29–August 26, 2017

Audra Weaser

Audra Weaser

Water Tones, 2017 Acrylic and mIxed media on panel 54 x 60 $11,000

Audra Weaser

Warm Currents, 2017 Acrylic and mIxed media on panel 60 x 72 $15,000

Audra Weaser

Sea Garden, 2017 Acrylic and mIxed media on panel 54 x 60 $11,000

Audra Weaser

Golden Sound, 2017 Acrylic and mIxed media on panel 60 x 48 $9,000

Audra Weaser

Audra Weaser's work takes nature as its central point of reference, resulting in physically charged images

reminiscent of watery landscapes. These abstracted scenes are formed from rhythmic manipulations of

color and materials.

Her process begins with loose charcoal sketches, upon which she builds layers of pigment. As her

intuitive, organic composition emerges, the artist refines and then obscures her creation with a veil of

white until the initial colors disappear. Then, through the negative process of sanding, she navigates

back into her painted surface. In this excavation, mysterious forms emerge anew from the white

expanse. These works evoke images such as swampy bayous, mystical forests, and light shining in from

gathering weather. They channel an essence of what is unseen, yet translated into a visual and poetic

experience.

The artist writes: “Nature in an abstracted or reflected state has always been an inspiration for

me; specifically, the moment at which a connection is made—or appears—between an

exterior and inner reality. And it is this powerful, but elusive moment that I aim to convey in my

paintings.”

Audra Weaser was raised in Southern California and lives and works in Los Angeles. She earned her MFA

in painting from Claremont Graduate University. She has shown widely in Los Angeles and has exhibited

nationally and abroad. Her work is in private and public collections in cities around the world, including

Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, and Singapore.

Danielle Eubank

Danielle Eubank

Arctic III, 2017 Oil on linen 28 x 40 $4,200

Danielle Eubank

Arctic I, 2017 Oil on linen 56 x 36 $6,750

Danielle Eubank

Arctic VI, 2017 Oil on linen 42 x 60 $7,500

Danielle Eubank

Beira II, 2016 Oil on linen

24 x 24 $3,200

Mozambique VII, 2016 Oil on linen 28 x 18 $2,650

Danielle Eubank

Danielle Eubank's work occupies the liminal space between abstraction and representation, actively

seeking out the tipping point between the conceptual and visible in her subject of choice: water. She

consider the forms created by ripples in a pond or the lines of receding waves a foundation for

deconstruction. From this point of departure, she create patterns within patterns, representing vertical

stacks of rhythms in the her physical subject matter. Eubank’s work also highlights questions of proximity

that brings the subject right up to the surface of the canvas, almost into the viewer's space. By layering

the paint with broad brushstrokes, she invites the viewer to appreciate the physical, painterly qualities

that form the depth of that experience.

Through the theme of water, Eubank is also highlighting the consequences of the human footprint on

landscapes all over the world. Destruction surrounds many sites where she works, and her paintings can

feature such items as cigarette butts, oil slicks, and drinks cans. The artist explains, "Looking for formal

value is my way of coping with the destruction."

Danielle Eubank is both a studio painter and an expedition artist. Her travels include sailing aboard the

barkentine tall ship, The Antigua, on an art and science expedition to the High Arctic; serving as

Expedition Artist on The Phoenicia, a replica of a 600 B.C. Phoenician vessel, that sailed from the

Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, around Africa and back into the Mediterranean; serving as

Expedition Artist on The Borobudur Ship, a replica of an 8th century Indonesian wooden boat that sailed

1,000 miles around the African continent; and work as an artist-in-residence in Bali in 2005. Eubank has

also worked as a commissioned artist, producing portraits for Standard Chartered Bank and for the

Naval and Military Club in London, as well for many private individuals. Since 2011, she has painted the

Henley Royal Regatta. A short documentary film about her work Mozambique VI premiered at the

Newport Beach Film Festival in 2012; and, in 2014–15, she was a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner

Foundation Grant. Eubank exhibits widely in The United States and The United Kingdom, as well as

Europe and Asia. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

Thea Schrack

Thea Schrack

Seaglass 9, 2016–17 Archival pigment print mounted on aluminum with nonglare acrylic face 50 x 50 $7,300

Thea Schrack

Seaglass 28, 2016–17 Archival pigment print mounted on aluminum with nonglare acrylic face 40 x 40 $4,150

Thea Schrack

Seaglass 15, 2016–17 Archival pigment print mounted on aluminum with nonglare acrylic face 30 x 30 $2,900

Thea Schrack

Seaglass 8, 2016–17 Archival pigment print mounted on aluminum with nonglare acrylic face 30 x 30 $2,900

Thea Schrack

In her latest purely photographic series, Seaglass, Schrack seeks to capture one of her favorite

subjects, the ocean, through the filmic idea of slow-motion in the still medium of photography.

Positioning herself on the edge of the ocean at dawn, the artist photographs the ever-shifting

translucency of the water (often shining like sea glass), the movement of the waves, and the

shifting tones of surf and sky. The resulting images embrace the abstraction of water’s excited

movement—in some images melting sky/clouds/sea into one continuous soft scene and, in

others, highlighting the linear lines of the horizon or a powerful wave’s sharp edge.

In the artist’s own words: “Creating art is an ongoing investigation and connection to our natural

world, and to be in the presence of that mystery on a daily basis is what inspires me. Most of my

subjects could be classified as rather mundane, everyday vignettes, like a glance of spring that

magically renews itself year after year. It’s the renewal that I look for, the change from one

season to another, the persistence of nature and the ever-changing light and shadow.”

While these photographs are available as paper prints, Schrack prefers to present this series

mounted on aluminum with a recessed stretcher, face-mounted with non-glare acrylic. Without

a frame to box in the image and objectify it, she reinforces the infinite and expansive nature of

her subject. Even the surface of the mounted works - both soft and glassy at the same time -

relates to both the surface of the ocean and the surface of seaglass found on the beach.

Thea Schrack received her B.F.A. in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute. She was

awarded the New Faces Award in fine art photography from American Photographer Magazine

upon graduation. Her work has been featured in numerous solo and group shows throughout

the United States can be found in many distinguished collections. Thea Schrack lives and works

in San Francisco.

EXHIBITION: JUNE 26–AUGUST 26, 2017

GALLERY HOURS: THURSDAY–SATURDAY 12–5 PM + BY APPOINTMENT

SPECIAL EVENTS: OAKLAND ART MURMUR GALLERY WALK FRIDAY JULY 7, 6–9 PM

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