Current Exhibit & Upcoming Exhibits
Friday, October 11th at 7 pm
KRYSTL LOUWAGIE
Layered Visions & Liminal Spaces
Krystl’s interest in art began early in life through illustrated fairy tale books, super-hero comics and animated cartoons. She’s also very enthusiastic about reading, exercising, cooking, remodeling her 1950’s home and animals (especially cats)!
Portraits, especially self-portraits, have been dominating Louwagie’s artistic work for the better part of the last fifteen years. She experiments within 2-d visual mediums, but in subject matter works with figures and portraits that call forth narratives. She does this through a variety of forms ranging from simple line comics to more complex portraits focusing on linework, shape and pattern. Her bold lines and narrative qualities are often reminiscent of what drew her to art even as a child: illustrated fairy-tale books and super-hero comics.
SUREE SOMPAMITWONG
Suree Sompamitwong is a multidisciplinary artist. Suree describes her artwork as "raw art" she intuitively creates from her emotions. She doesn't make what's real but she makes art based on how she feels. Suree believes art to be very healing and powerful. She uses art as a vehicle to promote causes she believes in advocating for mental health and against child sex trafficking. Suree likes to make sculptures and 3-D paintings that incorporate plaster and texture in her paintings. A lot of her artwork is about her trying to reconcile with the fact that she has a mental illness; bipolar. She feels that art is a safe way for her to put the chaos somewhere.
