UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

The Paint Chip Series l Real Art Ways
Hartford, CT www.realartways.org
Opening Reception 15th April 2010, 6-8 PM
Solo exhibition curated by Kristina Newman-Scott
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American, b. 1984

In today’s abundant American culture, any material thing we could possibly ever want or need is at our fingertips. Fast food chains, convenience stores, super markets, gas stations, and department stores are ubiquitous. While the products and services we use, the clothes we wear, and the food we consume may be uniform and standardized, I find pure, simplistic beauty and exceptional intimacy in the common object and our everyday environment. My work concerns how an object’s story and our surroundings relate to us.

The Paint Chip Series explores color choice and its meaning in our daily lives. Mimicking the exact proportions, font, layout, and hues of miniature paint cards found at a nation-wide home improvement store, bands of color we may choose for our most intimate spaces—bedrooms, kitchens, family rooms—are an ideal stage to examine the everyday people and objects that occupy our world.

Image: Huckins in his Middletown, Connecticut studio. 180B - Fry Stand in progress.