All of us here at Liz Lidgett Gallery have a favorite piece of the moment and we wanted to share with you why we love it so much!
Wow - trying to choose a favorite piece is like asking for a favorite child. I fall in love with a new piece every day it seems like. One piece in particular that I really love though is
Logan Ledford’s Watermelon. I have long been wanting a larger piece of hers and I think the colors are so dynamic here. The way the paint has peaks and valleys and comes up on the canvas is so special. I notice something new about the piece each time I walk by it it seems. Then with the crispness of the white negative space of the canvas — the combo is too good!
I'm drawn to
Sydney Beach Zester's work because it's so unique from every other canvas in the gallery. At first glance, it looks like a geometric painting—but then you step closer and you realize that each piece of color is an individual strip of fabric that she dyed and sewn into the composition. It's a complete surprise and makes you gasp thinking about the amount of time and detail that went into sewing each strip. The fabric dyes she chose in this piece perfectly compliment my home's textiles—olive green, slate blue, terra cotta, ivory. It's just a natural love for me. And I have a big appreciation for asymmetry in design. (Okay, after writing the "whys," I probably should just pull the trigger ...)
I have long admired
Andrea Ferrigno's work and have absolutely loved having this specific piece in the gallery.
Untitled
is an oil on wood piece with all of my favorite colors and such a beautiful movement to it. There are soft greens in the center along the top of the piece that remind me that summer isn’t too far gone and spring isn’t too far away. It is a reminder of the life in summer and a promise of it coming back in the spring. Going clockwise along the piece, the movement in the abstract lines draws the eyes to follow it along the piece and erupts into gold and reds with very little build up, just like how autumn arrives, suddenly and beautifully. Continuing around the piece it melts slowly into blues and greens reminding me of snow and evergreens, but, again, the ever-present promise of spring. It feels like a passage of time and an echo of memories in the past. I am simply hypnotized by this piece and am so excited to see the space it fills with its light.
Nate Nettleton's
"
Lean on Me" was made in 2022 and is a part of a bigger series of what the artist calls "scribbles." I was lucky enough to speak with him at his showing in October.
Nettleton
walked me through the creation of his current work from handrawing the scribbles, digitizing the drawings, getting them made by woodworkers, and then applying paint to the full size cut outs. I then asked about the idea behind the creation of the scribbles.
Nettleton
told me that it was a goal of his to elevate an art form that wouldn't have been paid the same attention from the viewer had they not been made with such care or hadn't been presented intentionally as art. Something he shares with a lot of the artists present currently is abstraction through the lens of a unique process and point of view. When done effectively, art holds up a mirror to the viewer. It makes us reflect on a feeling that we haven't been able to express ourselves. When I see "
Lean on Me," it makes me want to slow down and appreciate beauty for it's own merit, separated from context. What other beauty is right in front of me waiting to be appreciated? With
Nettleton's art, I am inspired to find out.
What piece
is speaking to you right now? Is there one you have fallen in love with that you just need to make the jump on? The four of us have a hard time not walking out with new art all the time ( job hazard, I guess). Take a look at our
discover
section to find artwork you can fall in love with over and over again.
