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Capitol Contemporary Gallery is pleased to announce two new exhibitions for the month of January— Rock Collection by Karen Eastman and untitled by Jon Morse. We look forward to presenting Morse’s large scale, meditative paintings and Eastman’s paintings that mimic rocks and geographic forms.Please join us at the gallery on First Thursday, January 2nd from 5:00 to 9:00 pm. The artists will be in attendance, and we will be serving wine by Vizcaya Winery.
The show is free, open to the public, and runs through January 30th.
Karen Eastman
Rock Collection
I have always loved to gather little pieces of the earth on my hikes in the mountains or on an exploratory walk on the beach. It is like putting a secret in my pocket and bringing home a tangible memory of that experience. I have gathered piles of rocks in various sizes and shapes over the years. I love having them scattered all around my studio, and it feels like a puzzle to make them fit together side by side, or to stack them in an impossible balancing act. Rocks are markers to me, of time, of experience, of the amazing materials that come from within the ground. I love how a cairn can help you find your way along a trailhead or mark a new direction to explore. “Rock Collection” is an homage to all the shapes and forms I have found along the way, and the ones that I have yet to encounter.
Artist Biography
Karen Eastman pursued an education in the arts at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she graduated in 1987 with a BA in Humanities and a minor in Art History. After graduation, she moved to San Diego, CA and enjoyed a career in retail sales and merchandising over the next several years. In 1999, Karen began focusing on her art and teaching career. During this time, she helped to develop an art curriculum for a non-profit organization called ArtReach in San Diego, CA, worked in the classroom with K-12th graders, and began showing her work in local galleries and large art shows from San Diego to Laguna Beach, to Las Vegas. Since moving to Boise, Idaho in 2014, Karen has shown her work on the cover of the Boise Weekly for several years in a row, created public artworks, and worked with local designers to create custom art for their clients.
Jon Morse
untitled
Negative space is equally as important as its counterpart, positive space. When creating non-representational abstract artwork, the definition of what is positive vs. negative becomes slippery. With no definition of “what it is”, even myself as the artist find it impossible to identify such polarities.
I could spend a lot of time digging through the past and projecting to the future trying to figure out what to do next, but rather than trying to write the story in this way, it is far more authentic for me to just watch the story unfold instead. I like to quiet my mind and tap into the universal flow and bring something back for the viewer to experience…a snapshot of my current energetic inner workings. The magic of art has happened when my intention and the viewers experience meet in the middle.
I do not title my pieces for this very reason. I do not want to clutter your expectation of a piece or attempt to define it. I want to offer you the chance to truly experience art without being guided by my words which will most certainly are unable to convey the ineffable essence of art.
From the initial conception of each piece to the final brush stroke, creating artwork has always been a very cathartic process for me. We all have so much chaos to contend with on a daily basis, it is my hope that the very same calmness that I experience throughout the entire process comes through in each piece for you to experience for yourself.
Artist Biography
Jon Morse is a Boise based artist creating modern paintings and sculptures. Jon has been a professional artist for over 25 years. Although mediums have changed, creating bold and powerful artwork has always been the focus in his work. In the late 1990’s Jon started his career as a professional tattoo artist working in Oakland, California. Moving throughout the country during his early years in the tattoo industry, Jon had the honor of working along the industries best artists. Upon settling down in Boise, Idaho in 2003, Jon established one of the state’s longest running tattoo studios, Devotion Tattoo. Jon was raised in a home with a very extensive and eclectic art collection and has always been inspired by contemporary and minimalist forms of art. While learning and growing for decades as a well-respected, award-winning tattoo artist, Jon was also painting and exploring concepts in relation to minimalist architecture and design.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
451 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, ID, United States, Idaho 83702
