Moments are All we Got — Wisdom at Kehler Liddell Gallery

Framework – Eddie Hall &
See-Scapes – Hank Paper

September 9 - October 11

Opening Reception:
Saturday, September 19, 2–5pm
Artist Talks 3:30

Additional hours:
Friday, October 2, 5-8pm, for First Friday in Westville

Eddie Hall: Framework

Reclaimed house windows serve as both a canvas and a subject in these works by Eddie Hall. Systems of color, pattern, and perception are presented on glass, fusing the precision of hard-edge painting with architectural abstraction.

Working in reverse, elements are gradually built from front to the background. Matte acrylic surfaces, transparent passages, reflective metal leaf, and exposed glass interact with the walls and surrounding light. The original frames, panes, hardware, and imperfections of the reclaimed windows remain visible, allowing the history and physical structure of each object to shape the finished work. These works transform discarded windows into contemporary abstractions that move between painting, object, and architecture.

Hank Paper: See-Scapes, Street and Landscape Photographs

A mundane moment doesn’t exist. 
At the very least, each moment is a mystery. 
I walk, and when I see an interesting moment – beautiful, funny, uncanny, inspiring – I paint it with light and hope to make it worthy of contemplation – or a good laugh – or both.
Where we come from and where we’re going is, of course, the biggest mystery. And in between we’re absurd, funny, scary, sad, poignant, happy – a few of these moments teasing at that larger mystery. 
Yes, a moment can have it all. 
Being busy people, we don’t always see those moments. 
But the camera does.
And, let’s face it, here on earth, moments are all we’ve got. -Hank Paper