First Thursday Opening Reception for Suspended Light by Geoffrey Krueger and Cassandra Schiffler

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• Thursday, Apr 6, 2023  THURSDAY AT 5 PM – 9 PM

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We are pleased to share a new exhibition for the month of April— Suspended Light by Geoffrey Krueger and Cassandra Schiffler. Schiffler will present minimal, abstract landscapes that explore abstracted horizon lines, and Krueger will display more realistic interpretations of landscapes and structures draped with light.
Please join us at the gallery on First Thursday, April 6th from 5:00 to 9:00 pm. The artists will be in attendance, and we will be serving wine by Vizcaya Winery. The show is free, open to the public, and runs through April 29th.
Geoffrey Krueger
Every day I am in the studio painting, stretching canvas, drawing, experimenting, and teaching. Sometimes the work flows, sometimes it's a battle to produce something that has power and elegance. A year ago this January, my wife and I visited long time family friends in Hansen, Idaho where I photographed an old, abandoned home in the middle of farm fields that lay fallow and were blanketed in snow. The images were so compelling and became the basis for the majority of the paintings in this show.
Geoffrey Krueger has been making art full-time since the mid 90's and has shown in commercial galleries throughout those years. Presently, he is represented by Capitol Contemporary Gallery in Boise, Idaho and Chemers Gallery in Tustin, California.
Cassandra Schiffler
My paintings investigate the visual interplay that happens at the edges between one thing and another. I’m interested in exploring these quiet and ambiguous spaces that occur at the borders between things: the horizon line between sky and Earth, the edges of architectural and built spaces, a painted line defining space, the boundaries between selves and others. These in between spaces sometimes appear clear and definite, sometimes gradual and blended, and sometimes they are visibly fraught with struggle. For me, this line is also metaphor for the spaces of connection and disconnection between people, exploring our struggle to negotiate with others and to mediate how and where we come together, or don’t come together.
Cassandra Schiffler is a painter, printmaker, and arts administrator inspired by collaborative creative problem solving. She has almost two decades of experience working in the arts through galleries, museums, universities, community print studios, frame shops and fine art appraisals. Through her education and experience, she has acquired a unique understanding of the complexities of the arts community as both a participating artist and an arts administrator. She is currently the Arts & Culture Coordinator for the City of Meridian and a regularly exhibiting artist at Capitol Contemporary Gallery in Boise, Idaho. Check out her work online at CassandraSchiffler.com.