Riley Robinson

David Shelton Gallery visit - Foretopia: Outstanding work by Judith Cottrell, Sara Frantz, Jayne Lawrence and Vincent Valdez

The title of the exhibit is derived from the artists' thoughtful explorations and perceptive expressions of social, political, and cultural issues; sexuality; nature; fantasy, and everyday reality. Through a variety of mediums--including drawing, painting, and sculpture--the artists address the past and present, as well as potentialities for a better future.
Cottrell, Frantz, Lawrence, and Valdez are the four newest artists represented in the gallery. They all create relevant, insightful, and stunning art that, while conceived through a diverse set of realities, is greatly complementary. Their work conveys thought-provoking messages, based on experience, imagination, and hope, that are at times serious, often humorous, and always intriguing.

Ethel Shipton

In the last few years I’ve been thinking and working with the idea of movement;
I’ve chosen the image and forms of highway to express that idea.  I began to think about the feeling of that curve you drive on the highway, the moments of travel,
the time often spent alone in the car, the reason people move, jobs, food, pleasure….

Anita Valencia
For a number of years I have been using only discarded/recycled materials to create my art in an effort to make a statement about the need for conservation. I have used all sorts of items; e.g. coffee filters, teabags, CDs, cigarette wrappers, aluminum beverage cans, etc. For this exhibition, however, I decided to limit myself to found bottle caps. These are so easily discarded that I've had no trouble collecting the thousands used in these paintings!