Amy Van Winkle solo exhibition on view at Kennedy Contemporary through October 17
Victoria Kennedy of Kennedy Contemporary Gallery is thankful for all who attended the opening reception of Chromatic States with Santa Fe encaustic artist Amy Van Winkle. “It was truly a wonderful evening of community and conversation,” she said.
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(L-R) Victoria Kennedy with Amy Van Winkle standing in front of one of Van Winkle’s paintings
In case you missed the reception, there’s still time to experience Van Winkle’s color studies and large format works in person. Up close, her layered encaustics reveal a richness and depth that a screen just can’t capture. The show will be on view at the Balboa Island gallery through Saturday, Oct. 17.
In Chromatic States, Amy Van Winkle turns 12 colors into a study of interior life. Each hue in the series stands in for an emotional or mental state – the restlessness of one, the stillness of another – and the resulting 12 works, ranging widely in scale, ask what it means to sit inside a feeling long enough to see its color. Van Winkle treats pigment less as description than as evidence, letting each encaustic panel hold a single register of experience.
Accompanying the larger paintings is an installation of 12 12” x 12” studies, one for each work in the series. Hung together, the smaller pieces function as a kind of index; the full emotional spectrum of the exhibition compressed into a single wall, where each state can be read against the others.
Looking ahead, mark your calendar for our next opening reception:
The Unfinished Loop, a solo exhibition with Chris Gwaltney
Friday, Oct. 23, 5-8 p.m.
Gwaltney’s work travels fluidly between pure abstraction and layered impressions of the natural world, each piece richly textured and vivid. Join the gallery in person alongside the artist for their opening reception.
Kennedy Contemporary is located at 323 Marine Ave., Balboa Island.
For more information, visit www.kennedycontemporary.com.
