PUTNEY — “Drawing from the Visible World,” an exhibition of works on paper, paintings, and sculptures by Jason Alden, Paul Bowen, and Myles Danaher will be on view during April at 118 Elliot Gallery.
The opening reception is on Friday, April 7, at 6 p.m. The gallery is located at 118 Elliot St. in Brattleboro.
Each of the artists in the exhibition has an intimate connection to the things he sees, recalls, and imagines with care and refined attention, according to a news release. All three encourage the viewer to see everyday objects and surroundings from a fresh perspective, whether it is the flattened plane of a table in Alden's paintings, the diamond-shaped holes in a bridge in Bowen's drawings, or the late afternoon sky framed by the dark forms of trees in Danaher's works.
Alden, originally from Boston, has exhibited his work locally and taught drawing and color mixing to adult students at the River Gallery School in Brattleboro for more than 10 years. He will exhibit paintings and drawings. Alden, who primarily paints from his imagination, has a modernist's affinity for the “flattening of perspective.”
Bowen will primarily show drawings of bridges in the area and also will exhibit several sculptures that trace his long connection to found, scavenged and salvaged materials. “Most sculptors use drawing as a stimulus for ideas and to resolve technical problems,” he said in the release. “but I also look at structures in the landscape.”
According to Danaher, who has exhibited his work at Catherine Dianich Gallery and other local venues for 20 years, “painting is a conversation with the natural, material world.”