Final Friday

This Final Friday I attended Gallery 12, City Arts, and Shift Space. It was interesting to see what Dale Stratman has made throughout the years. Some of his work had very interesting composition but some seemed to lack planning. I saw some work by Brooke Lyman. He did a really amazing landscape painting. The artist had materials to build on to the canvas so not only did his shading help to make the art work seem realistic but it actually came forth like cliffs would. I had asked him politely if I could photograph his work and he told me about his trip to Europe where he had been taking pictures when he noticed a no photos sign in a foreign language. The other works that I found intriguing was Brady Hatter at Shift Space. It was a bit disturbing but it was definitely unique. The fact that she used an actual animal's remains and depicted it as art to represent its death was eye catching. Final Friday was no where near as busy as I had thought it would be.. The Tangent Lab has a piece of glass with a projector that appeared to be a touch screen but in reality it had a motion censor so it was almost an illusion. I can't wait for summer when Final Friday is more active. _Adrean