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Laura Hope Mason: Organic Elements Staff Pick
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In large-scale, colorful abstract paintings that are contemplative, questioning, even surprising, artist Laura Hope Mason dares the audience to look with a fresh perspective. The paintings are an exciting play of hypnotic color and mesmerizing line, offering glimpses into worlds that are ethereal and often beautifully bizarre. Organic Elements is a series influenced by nature, both at the microscopic and macroscopic levels. Aside from the visual magic that Mason creates, a compelling part of the show is that Mason does not reveal which is which—from an organic painting based on lichen, to an aerial view of lines that naturally map landforms. The difference between the two is hardly distinguishable and, "the pieces evoke the calm and serenity of nature and invite the viewer to examine their own relationship with the environment," Mason says. "Personal sensibilities determine whether extreme magnification or aerial views will be revealed to the viewer." "On the Surface" (pictured) may be an overhead view of the linear tensions in the Great Salt Lake, or it might be ripples formed in a pond in Mason's own backyard. "Traverse" may be the trails left by snails in moss on a misty morning, or it could be a flyover of tailings ponds near the airport. And "Petrified" may be a mapping of the red rocks of Moab, or it might be tracings left by tens of thousands of years in a stump of wood. These paintings are created to give viewers the freedom to determine what they represent. (Ehren Clark)
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