Denice Bartels's On Water, Drawing Light features a series of drawings in which she attempts to capture the ephemeral qualities of light as it plays on the surface of water. Trying to see and to reconstruct the light as a solid material object, Bartels uses photographs to study and redefine light. Many of the drawings are on black paper, where the patterns of light appear in various gray values and alternates in terms of spacing, location and density. The images abstractly suggest water, night skies and ancient carvings. The pieces' very small scale draws the viewer in, revealing a fragment of a larger imaginative experience.

Joseph Stuckelman considers the horizon line to be a powerful image rich with spiritual, emotional, and physiological meaning. It is a crucial balancing point, the place where lines converge, where earth meets sky, where day meets night. Horizon Line features concrete, sculptural lines made from simple construction materials that reflect the subject's physical and historical significance.

Genevieve Pepin's work focuses the varied associations within the idea of a house: place, nurturing, shelter, interior/exterior, and as a repository for powerful memories and ephemeral daydreams. Her Recent Works includes well-rendered graphite drawings that explore the many layered and complex functions that a house can play.

Denice Bartels: On Water, Drawing Light
Joseph Stuckelman: Horizon Line
Genevieve Pepin: Recent Works
Scale: Group Exhibition

will be on view May 20 through June 16 at

Gallery 825/Los Angeles Art Association
825 N. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA