Members of CAI gathered at the Plus Gallery (2350 Lawrence Street) on March 21st to absorbed presentations at the by talented artists Riva Sweetrocket and Peter Illig. Both use giant canvases to communicate the finer sensibilities of illustration human emotion, tension, with limited color palettes.
Riva Sweetrocket is a contemporary pastel artist based in Denver, Colorado. Her recent work consists
of large-scale soft pastel paintings on paper. She often portrays beautiful, fantastic or spirited elements encountering struggle, passion, hidden desires or challenge. Her work is about the beauty and the insanity within each of us that we too often conceal."
www.sweetrocket.com
Peter Illig's works are analogies for human emotions and experiences - American psychological landscapes - reflecting how we think of several things at once. He layers images borrowed from film, TV and cyberspace and his own experience like a coded language of symbols to express his ideas and feelings. His work can be seen in several Colorado galleries, and in private and corporate collections around the world. www.peterillig.com
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