The Figure March 2nd - 25th, 2006 Artist Reception and Wine Tasting Thursday March 2nd, 5 - 8 pm

Jan ter Weele, "At The League #1" 2005, Acrylic on Canvas, 16x20 inches

Shannon Richardson, "When The Child Was Suppose to Sleep", 2005, Oil on Board, 14x11 inches

The Clown will bring The Figure from artists such as: Jan ter Weele, Ted Tihansky, Alison Hill, Jeffrey Bye, Kristin Malin, Deborah Randall and introducing Shannon Richardson & Geoffrey Drew. The figure in this show takes many forms including real, abstract, imaginary, comical and plastic. Jan ter Weele paints with an abstracted composition and unique space and color sense. Ted Tihansky and Alison Hill come from a more traditional figurative background in portrait painting. Jeffrey Bye has a Master's Degree from the Graduate School of Figurative Studies in NYC, which he uses to create paintings that combine an intimate knowledge of figures with a expressionist palette and brushwork. Kristin Malin uses her experience from Columbia's MFA program and a stint at The New York Studio School to create modern figures drawn in Charcoal or painted on canvas inspired by the classics. Deborah Randall creates work with figures drawn from the look and feel of 1950 & 60's illustration, but gives her painting's a contemporary edge of mystery and humor. Two new artists at The Clown, Shannon Richardson and Geoffrey Drew, bring a refreshing new look to the group. Shannon Richardson's work has figures that appear to be from a dream or a fairytale. They speak to us as though from a foreign land, a modern day Brother's Grimm. Geoffrey Drew uses pastel to draw figures of dolls, Barbie-like in shape and style with a strange interpretation of space and color. Who are these dolls? Are they living creatures or fantasy? All these artists bring their individual strengths to a longstanding art tradition creating work that stands proudly as contemporary work for the 21st Century.

Jeffrey Bye, "Curled Up", 2005, Oil on Canvas	Shannon Richardson, "Initiation for Later Imagination", 2006, Oil on Canvas, 24x18 inches