SYNC Gallery Presents Quintessence by Lisa Calzavara & Joy Redstone

Quintessence is about how artists Lisa Calzavara and Joy Redstone explore different ways in which abstract work can depict the core essence of life and how we explore its beauty.

Embracing the energy held deep within the landscape was the inspiration for Lisa Calzavara’s current work. She begins by focusing on the rhythm of breathing, discovering the patterns of movement, which are infused into the landscapes she creates. The contemporary oil paintings reveal faint variations of light and color merging into fluid panoramic forms. By relying on the delineation of shape she can present the landscape into its purest form.

Joy Redstone's assemblage art in Quintessence showcases her love of flowers and the natural world. She uses natural, found, and discarded objects to pay homage to the beauty all around us. Her work often uses the interplay of sharp glass and soft organic shapes to speak to the tension between beauty and danger.