In June the Crawford Gallery will be host to the drawings and paintings of artists Amber Scott, Lance Sinnema and Matthew Whitney, and the pottery of ceramic artist, Monte Colgren. Through drawing and painting, Amber Scott has discovered an ability to express thoughts and emotions lacking words of equivalence. In doing this, my work focuses on certain aspects of a situation not usually associated with the issue at hand. In this particular series, hands are used to demonstrate such feelings as dependency, love and isolation.
Body language can give great insight to what an individual is thinking and feeling.
What I have done with this body of work is encouraged the viewer to look at the language of one's hands. With such beauty and expression, the human hand creates a beautiful composition, allowing an artist to tell a story. Lance Sinnema found his current inspiration in a medieval vanitas painting hanging in the National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland. He remembers how modern it looked, but the most interesting thing about it was not so much the subject matter, as the technique that was used. The painting was done on wood, and appeared to be folded like an accordion.