Amiable Strangers: Paintings by Elise Thompson and Nathan Weikert
Boom Gallery is proud to present new works by Elise Thompson and Nathan Weikert, two painters from the Cincinnati area who have moved from figurative to abstract approaches to painting. Weikert lives and works in Cincinnati and is a recent recipient of the Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award. Thompson is currently pursuing an MFA at in Florida State University and is a current artist in residence at Boom Gallery.
Photo by Joe Hedges
Amiable Strangers explores the tension between knowing and not knowing, revealing and concealing, and masculine and feminine. Thompson and Weikert find themselves both within and without the tradition of American Abstract Expressionism; present are the bold splashes of color, broad confident brush strokes, subtle references to the figure on human-scale. However, each artist presents paintings that are more precariously balanced, literally and otherwise.
On view until August 6th, 2015.