New work from Phillip Potter & Sally Elliottwith Kat Potter in the North Gallery

February 29 - March 24, 2024
First Friday: March 1, 5-9 pm
Artist Reception: March 2, 1-5 pm
Last Look: March 24, 1-4 pm

Phillip Potter, "(de)lusion (al)lusion (il)lusion"
I welcome you, the viewer, into the possibility that the world doesn’t exist as you perceive it. The delusion is that we don’t recognize our perception is deluded; we live in a transcontextual world even though we force ourselves into absolutes. As an artist, I make illusions to try to get a better understanding of how my perception operates. Through process, the delusion of time and space loses the absolute of place. Through the use of arbitrary symbol-systems, I see the inaccuracies of language to describe and define our existence. For example, by making minuscule adjusts in color, emotions shift, and experiences shift. Minuscule adjustments transform the illusion into seeing the delusion of symbol into the allusion of perception. We break our delusions through allusion. There are only allusions, not answers. Our salvation comes from the questions, not answers. Everything we see or perceive doesn’t exist as we see or perceive it. Nothing is real, everything is permitted. Nothing inherently exists. It is just our perception of a belief that gives it reality.

Sally Elliot, "All About Eggs and More"
The egg has always held particular symbolic significance, partly because it is a visual shorthand for a new life and unhatched potential. The egg brings hope and purity. It is a symbol of fertility and the circle of life. In some Asian cultures the egg is seen as a symbol of luck and wealth. In my series I have chosen to paint chicken, turkey, emu and ostrich eggs which are coming from an open heart and are bordered with flowers, feathers and shells.

Kat Potter in the North Gallery, "Ageless Parables for Modern Times vol. B"
Most books are written, this one is illustrated. Most introspections are transmitted in words, this one speaks through the visual lexicon. Read this book, as I made it, by drowning out the increasing complexity of our era through quiet contemplation. I find the visual lexicon as robust as the menagerie of the written word. Immerse yourself in colors and contrasts, ponder the weight and weightlessness, forge your own connections to symbols and images. And for a book without words, you can still play word associations. Don’t think too much. I’ll say no more.