'Spring is Coming with a Strawberry in the Mouth'

Beauty Gallery

02.18.2023–04.23.2023February 18th – April 23rd, 2023

a small drawing in pencil of a white skinned woman pulling down here glasses from her eyes and looking over them. reflected in the glasses are many pansies, which also fill up the background. shes wearing a wide rimmed blue hat — Myasia Dowdell, Audrey Hepburn and Pansies, 2018, pastel on paper, 8 x 12 in

a view of a gallery. there are two dimensional artworks on the walls and a pedestal with a sculpture in the foreground. the viewpoint is towards the front door and windows. the room is white and brightly lit.

a small scale painting, in dark hues, of a hand cupping a rose from above — Srijon Chowdhury, Hand with a Rose, 2017, oil paint on canvas, 6 x 8 in

small wirey sculptures in plexi glass boxes on top of a white pedestal. the sculptures have lightly colored leaves barely visible. — Timmy Simonds, 'teachers bouquet (7), (3), and (2), 2023, bleached and dyed parsley soaked in glycerin, oil paint, beading wire, and plexiglass container marked with water-based pastel

and overhead view of small wirey sculptures in plexi glass boxes on top of a white pedestal. the sculptures have lightly colored leaves barely visible. — Timmy Simonds, 'teachers bouquet (7), (3), and (2), 2023, bleached and dyed parsley soaked in glycerin, oil paint, beading wire, and plexiglass container marked with water-based pastel

a soft sculpture made of stuffed cotton in the shape of two birds which are painted with black bodies and yellow feet and beaks — Clyde Henry, Two Birds, 2022, fabric pastel on cotton with polyfill, 18 x 13.5 x 3 in

a view of a gallery. there are two dimensional artworks on the walls and a pedestal with a sculpture in the foreground. the room is white and brightly lit.

a large painting in chunky black marks of a flower-like shape, loosely symmetrical, with big leaves and complicated blossom — Elana Cooper, Untitled, 2017, acrylic paint on mylar, 60 × 37 1/2 in

a drawing on paper of yellow flowers, which are small and towards the top of the page, beneath them are big pale green stems and leaves and a blue background — Natasha Plaza, Yellow Flowers, 2020, acrylic paint on paper, 18 x 24 in

a small scale scultpure in green stone of a seahourse holding onto a small plant with its tail. there is gold leaf on the underside of the leaf at the top of the plant — Wang Xu, 'sea more', 2022, soapstone, metal wire, gold leaf, acrylic paint, glue, 10 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 3 3/4 in

a small colored pencil drawing on paper of a house with many colors. the roof is checkered and the windows are yellow and orange. on the ground in front is a big snake and there is an apple tree out back — Corey Scarboro, 'Spring Picture', 2018, colored pencil on paper, 8.5 x 11 in

a painting of a snowy landscape with leafless trees going off into the distance. in the foreground a sad looking snowman looks at a strange looking beachball. his head is on the bottom rather than the top of the pile of snow — Iggy Capra, Another World Blues, 2022, oil paint on canvas, 24 x 36 in

a photograph in super bright colors that feels figurative but is difficult to totally settle. its mostly pink and orange and yellow with some dark greens here and there — Chanel Conklin, Princess Diana, 2023, inkjet print , 32 x 32 in

a painting-like object with textile stretched over a support. there is an image, loosely discernible, of an insect next to a yellow flower. there are also pink nipples visible beside the insect — Lila de Magalhaes, Milk and Honey, 2022, dyed fabric, chalk pastel, thread, 11 x 13 in

an mostly abstract drawing with deep blues and brown. there are two treeish shapes on each side left and right and many different light blue circles arrayed around a tan house shape — James Rosa, Untitled, 2022, colored pencil on paper, 19 x 24 in

an abstracted depiction of some kind of architecture in mostly pink with a bright orange door at left. there is also a bright yellow flower above the door. there are also many pink circles spaced out around the paper — James Rosa, Untitled, 2022, colored pencil on paper, 19 x 24 in

a sculpture of a vase full of lilies made of shiny metal. The flowers are sharp tipped and fill the vase which is set on a white pedestal — Dean Millien, Lily of the Desert, 2023, tin foil, 18.5 x 15 x 14 in

a sign is painted on a wheeled wooden cart thats set outside with trees and grass. the painting is of a row of tall straight flowers and a blue sky with clouds in all kinds of shapes even a heart and a firetruck — EJ Collins, England Flower Fields, 2023, acrylic paint on tyvek, 61 x 36 in

a view of a gallery wall with artworks hanging. colors are bright and the works are diverse, some are abstract and some figurative. the walls are white and there is a wooden bench in the foreground

"Spring is Coming with a Strawberry in the Mouth"

February 18th to April 23rd, 2023

Soon spring desires eagerly leap

Announce! To move to hasten from sleep

Springing time with fevered taste

Soft soft winds on our strawberry face

Hurry spring, cause to work, or not

Lenctenadle, Lenctenadle clean our house of snot!

Our Beauty Gallery springs forth! As winter comes close to rest we cannot wait. We offer this dazzling collection as we think on where we are and where we dream of being and also the death and mold and compost that comes into view with every tender sprout, growing in last year's garden. Angst too! Itching for flowers, rushing towards new powers. The first smells of the berries of springtime waft. Poutily we droop towards our bursting bulb selves and poking our crowns above the frost we think we feel some sunny days.

Studio Route 29 is grateful to the artists, lenders, friends, supporters, volunteers, family members, and Progressive Art Studios that have made this show possible. Much of the work in this show has been gathered in partnership with studios like ours around the country: Elbow Room (Portland, OR), LAND (New York City, NY), Summertime (New York City, NY), Creativity Explored (San Francisco, CA), and Center for Creative Works (Philadelphia, PA). We are excited and grateful to be a part of this growing and flourishing community of artists and facilitators.

Exhibition title from the song of the same name by Roger Doyle/Operating Theatre

Artworks and Images