opening reception: saturday, august 2 6-9pm

                                                         with comments by amy rahn, curator

august 2-september 7, 2008

GALEN CHENEY

  internal combustion

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West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park . 17 Towne Farm Lane/PO Box 250 . Stowe . Vermont . 05672 . 802.253.8943

West Branch Gallery has expanded into the CURVE SPACE,  an exciting adjacent space designed by Stowe architect, Paul Robert Rousselle.  We’re very excited at what this new gallery area will enable us to do and invite you to enjoy it on your next visit.   

Cheshire Ribbon Candy

Oil on Canvas, 59”x59”

Morning Table

Oil on Canvas, 24” x 24”

&

works by selected artists in the newly opened

          CURVE SPACE

    In the essay published by Kasini House that accompanies this exhibition, Curator Amy Rahn discusses Cheney’s paintings as a creative process for both the artist and the viewer,  “Galen Cheney’s new works  invite us to experience both the disorientation and creative release that accompany our own breakthrough. She gives us the kind of map her mystical journey gives her - a profusion of possible directions with no clear course, but a strong pull.”

    Cheney’s characteristic architectural style, marked by bold blocks of color set against subtly layered backgrounds is taken in a bold new direction.  LIne and form feature much more prominently, highlighting a new visual vocabulary that incorporates elements of her previous work while exploring new motifs.