There will be an in-person Artist Talk, on Friday, June 21, at 6:30 pm. Moderated by Steven A. Holmes.

Featuring Artists: Robert Calafiore & Wayne Herpich.

(Artist Kate Borcherding of Texas, is unable to participate due to distance)

West Gallery – Robert Calafiore: “Obscura: Seeing Forward, Looking Back”

Robert Calafiore’s processed-based photographs, combine an interest in traditional vs. alternative materials and the interactions of light and chemistry. Utilizing props and figures with his hand-built large-scale pinhole cameras, Calafiore manipulates the developing photographs (without the use of digital tools) to control the results – altering saturation, color, density, and translucency to create inverted depictions, that elevate the ordinary to the extraordinary. Drawn to two main subjects: glassware and the male figure, Calafiore constructs still-lives, which embody his familial and personal relationships. Calafiore states, “His work is about a pause, a break in the pace, and a longer look into, through, and across our everyday lives.”

Torrington Savings Bank Gallery – Wayne Herpich: “Western Figures”

Wayne Herpich’s figurative paintings and drawings are about form. His highly expressive and gestural handling of materials facilitates a psychological understanding of the presence and emotion tied to the figure, granting the viewer just enough detail of form and familiarity. The painted figures depicted emerge from ominous settings, while in contrast his drawn figures stand out and dominate the paper. It’s this play between abstract and representational artmaking that Herpich depicts in these ghostlike forms.