Exhibitions
Location: Graham Fracha
Held Close(Flatter and Cooler): Jeffrey Cortland Jones
Thursday, September 6, 6 - 8pm
Graham Fracha’s intuitive style is used to convey changes in nature and evolving landscapes. Overlaying his brushstrokes with charcoal lines and hard edge shapes, the sky and land collide. Architecture that once filled the horizon is sanded away and replaced with conversing natural patterns, exploring themes of "land, human presence, and boundaries." Fracha's latest series gives voice to new perspective as his fragmented forms and deconstructed subjects are reassembled into unified, yet visually disjointed landscapes, focusing on color, light, form, and texture.
Graham Fracha came to Seattle, Washington in 1992 to study at Cornish College of the Arts. His saturated color, loose draftsmanship, and bold compositions create unique and intimate experiences with our surroundings. His paintings are in the collection of Swedish Hospital, the City of Kent and numerous private collections around the country. Fracha’s work has been exhibited in Washington, California, New York, England and Paris
Jeffrey Cortland Jones describes painting as a physical activity and a material practice, rather than a narrative tool. He uses his medium to explore optical changes that occur between subtle differences in elements such as hue, opacity and transparency, or matte and glossy. He enjoys exploring how a hard edge can soften and how white can be both warm and cool at the same time. As he works, he meditates on thoughts of " What it's like to look through the fog; of the place between misplacing and finding; of the moment when a stable stack is on the verge of collapse..."
Jones received his MFA from the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning, and his BFA from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, both in Painting and Drawing. He is currently a Professor of Art at the University of Dayton where he heads the Painting program. In addition to making his own work, Jeffrey also actively curates exhibitions at a number of galleries and alternative spaces, including DIVISIBLE, a project space he co-founded in 2014.
Closed Eyes
by Graham Fracha
acrylic, paper on board
27 by 27 inches
2018
$825
by Graham Fracha
acrylic, paper, wood
10 by 7 by 2 inches
2018
$425
Brighten Up
by Graham Fracha
acrylic, paper on board
12 by 16 inches
2018
Sold
A View from Above #4
acrylic, paper, wood
9 by 5 by 3 inches
2018
Sold
Borderless #3
by Grahahm Fracha
acrylic, paper, wood
9 by 12 by 5 inches
2018
$525
Beautiful Dark
by Graham Fracha
acrylic, paper on board
32 by 36 inches
2018
$1,350
Give Warning #2
by Graham Fracha
acrylic, paper on board
12 by 12 inches
2018
$400
Continue to Remain
by Graham Fracha
acrylic, paper on board
12 by 12 inches
2018
Sold
Give Warning #1
by Graham Fracha
acrylic, paper on board
12 by 12 inches
2018
$400
by Graham Fracha
acrylic, paper on board
15 by 12 inches
2018
$400
Underneath:Just
by Jeffrey Cortland Jones
enamel on acrylic panel
24 by 18 inches
2018
$2,200
Pride: Full Length Version
by Jeffery Cortland Jones
enamel on acrylic panel
14 by 11 inches
2018
$1,500
Nerves: Under Starlight Glow
by Jeffery Cortland Jones
enamel on acrylic panel
24 by 18 inches
2018
$2,200
Brightness: Related
by Jeffery Cortland Jones
enamel on acrylic panel
14 by 11 inches
2017
$1,500
Stacked: Plot
by Jeffery Cortland Jones
enamel on acrylic panel
14 by 11 inches
2018
$1,500
Chemical: Bright Young Things
by Jeffery Cortland Jones
enamel on acrylic panel
24 by 18 inches
2018
$2,200
