JUNE 21ST - JULY 17TH

RHIANNON KLEE WILLIAMS IS AN ARTIST BASED IN THE EASTERN SIERRA, WHERE THE SHIFTING LIGHT AND WILD EDGES OF THE NATURAL WORLD CONTINUE TO SHAPE HER EVOLVING BODY OF WORK. IN RECENT YEARS, SHE HAS TURNED HER ATTENTION TO THE QUIET GRANDEUR OF MORE UNDERSTATED LANDSCAPES. HER PRACTICE IS ROOTED IN CLOSE OBSERVATION AND EMOTIONAL RESONANCE — HER LANDSCAPES ARE NOT MERE DEPICTIONS OF TERRAIN, BUT INVITATIONS INTO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SENSORY IMPRINT OF PLACE.

RHIANNON LIVES AND WORKS IN BISHOP, CA

OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, JUNE 21ST | 6-9PM

AUGUST 23RD - OCTOBER 5TH

ERIC WHITTEN PAINTS LANDSCAPES IN OIL, SOME ON A LARGE SCALE. HIS WORK IS CONCERNED WITH HISTORY, CULTURE AND MEMORY. HIS RECENT WORK IS MORE INTIMATE AND EXPLORES PERSONAL MEMORY AND LANDSCAPE. INFLUENCED BY THE FRENCH ARTIST, PIERRE BONNARD, WHITTEN WORKS FROM SMALL SKETCHES DONE ON LOCATION, USING COLOR TO EXPRESS EMOTIONS AS THE MEMORY IS REVISITED MANY TIMES. ERIC WHITTEN WAS BORN IN WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA IN 1966, AND EDUCATED AT YALE WHERE HE RECEIVED A BACHELORS OF ARTS IN 1989. WHITTEN, ALSO HAS A MASTERS OF ARTS IN UNITED STATES HISTORY IN AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS AND AN MASTERS OF FINE ARTS IN PAINTING FROM THE ACADEMY OF ART COLLEGE IN SAN FRANCISCO.

ERIC LIVES AND WORKS IN POINT REYES STATION, CALIFORNIA.

OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, AUGUST 23RD | 6-9PM

JEFF JOHNSON WAY HIGH KICK TURN

OCTOBER 11TH - NOVEMBER 13TH

LOOK WEST X JEFF JOHNSON ARE PROUD TO PRESENT: WAY HIGH KICK TURN A PHOTO EXHIBITION OF SELECTED IMAGES FROM JEFF’S BOOK, WAY HIGH KICK TURN EAST BAY SF 1975-1989.

FROM JEFF: “THIS BOOK IS A PORTHOLE INTO SKATEBOARDING’S SUBVERSIVE DIP IN THE 1980S. IT IS DELIVERED THROUGH THE EYES OF THE EVERYDAY SKATER, THE FRIENDS I GREW UP WITH IN THE EAST BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO. NONE OF US HAD ANY INFLUENCE ON THE SPORT. OUR CREW WAS NO DIFFERENT THAN THE COUNTLESS POCKETS OF TEENAGERS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT AMERICA AT THE TIME, THREADED TOGETHER BY THE SAME ANGST AND DISILLUSIONMENT WITH THE MAINSTREAM. WE DIDN’T COME FROM STRONGHOLDS SUCH AS VENICE BEACH, SANTA CRUZ, OR SAN FRANCISCO. WE WERE FROM THE SUBURBS, PLACES LIKE WALNUT CREEK, LIVERMORE, AND DANVILLE.”

JEFF LIVES AND WORKS IN HALEIWA, HI

OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11TH | 5-9PM