VALISE Gallery celebrates summer with FOUR FRIENDS, a show of old and new work by longtime members Pascale Judet, Jiji Suanders, Rachel Lordkenaga, and Sharon Shaver.

Rachel Lordkenaga has been working on large scale seascape series.
“While that dries, I have been doing little ghostly boats and figures.”

Jiji Saunders will show landscape paintings created over several years.

“They explore themes rooted in the natural world, such as hiking, isolation, and the complex tensions between humans and the environment.”

Pascale Judet still enjoys going to her studio every day. “I can sit in front of a white piece of paper for a long time waiting for something to come up. I can spend hours coloring a simple image and then at the end I like combining older images that I cut out and add to my new drawings.”

Sharon Shaver is dreaming of the ocean as she revisits her paintings of women and sharks and salmon sharing the sea. “Going back to these paintings is inspiring a new batch of small summery sea life paintings.”

FOUR FRIENDS opens Friday June 5th 1pm to 9pm.
VALISE is open Fridays and Saturdays 1-6pm and Sundays 11-2p