Fresh Paint is pleased to present “Juxtaposed Gestures”, featuring new paintings by Lisa Bartleson and Brenda Zappitell. Sculptures by Atticus Adams will be exhibited in Fresh Paint’s Showroom Space. Lisa Bartleson will also have her first large scale “light and space” installation in The Annex Gallery.

Lisa Bartleson:
“When I’m constructing the pieces, it’s a lot of hand-made repetitive motions that over time are very meditative. Sometimes the process has the potential to be so pristine, yet elements are introduced that contradict the process and throw it off. As you paint hundreds of individual strips there is always an element of slight imperfection because of the fact that it is handcrafted.” In her latest work, Bartleson turns her focus towards the relationship between art and the viewer.  Utilizing pigments that interact with the viewer’s perception of light, color and space, Bartleson achieves work that shifts and reveals itself as the person observing moves to investigate the work.

Born in 1968 in Seattle Washington, Bartleson currently resides in Los Angeles, Califoinia. She received a B.A. in Biology at the University of Northern Colorado in Greely, Colorado. Bartleson’s work is in many prominent public and private collections around the world, including the Museum of Art and History in Lancaster, CA and Pio Monte della Misericordia in Naples, Italy. Bartleson recently completed an artist residency at Art 1307 in Naples, Italy.

Brenda Zappitell:
“My paintings emerge from the emotion I feel in the moment my brush touches a blank surface. I am a very physical and spontaneous painter. Moving back and forth with decisive brush strokes and dynamic gestures, I work rapidly to capture that ephemeral feeling in tangible form. I begin without expectations and work on a subconscious level that disregards logic. Guided by a primal inner voice, I surrender control to the paint, the brush and a visceral process of creative discovery. I apply many layers to my paintings leaving evidence of early marks as a sense of my progression. I observe everything in my life in great detail and am heavily influenced by nature, in particular the sky. My mark-making, though serendipitous, reflects these influences. I want the viewer to believe that my vision expands beyond the work itself to a universe I have created. Painting in the genre of Abstract Expressionism, I feel a strong affinity for artists such as Joan Mitchell and Willem De Kooning, whose work also emphasizes action and emotion over ideas.  Like these artists, I strive to capture the fleeting, spontaneous quality of "alla prima" painting in my work.

Born in 1964 in South Florida. Zappitell's studio is located in Delray Beach, Florida and she now lives in Boca Raton. She creates abstract expressionist works not only born out of intuition but also serendipitously influenced by nature and life experiences. Although mostly self taught, she has attended classes and workshops in New Mexico, Mexico and Florida. Her work is in both private and public collections, including MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University Of North Texas Business Leadership Building as well as many prominent private collections.

Atticus Adams:
Atticus Adams was born in John Day, Oregon in 1961 and grew up in West Virginia.  “As a kid I was never exposed to fine art but developed a love of crafts – like macramé and my Grandmother Adams had a wonderful collection of paintings on velvet, beaded plastic fruit, feather “flower” arrangements and two Lava lamps.”  Adams first studied Chemistry at West Virginia University, which culminated in a degree in Pharmacy in 1985.  “While in college two important things happened artistically – I was given a camera and I took a trip to Washington DC – a retrospective of Picasso was showing at the National Gallery. I was stunned by the collages! I had never seen anything like them.”  Taking photos and creating slide shows and collages provided an artistic outlet to balance a creatively sterile job.  This worked for a time – but eventually that wasn’t enough and in the summer of 1992 Adams attended an architecture program at Harvard.  “At Harvard I learned that I was not an architect, but that I love making models and I discovered metal screen as an artistic medium for the first time.”  Over the next several years Adams took art and design classes, first at Tidewater Community College in Virginia, then at RISD, and finally in 2004 at the Yale School of Art.  “The summer sculpture class at Yale was fantastic! It broadened my concept about sculpture, (not just people statues), and I was encouraged to use any material that inspired – metal mesh again entered my work and this time with commitment.”

Fresh Paint is located in the heart of the Culver City gallery district and is open six days a week. Our unique space, featuring an expansive gallery and showroom, integrates all elements of fine art by exhibiting both established and emerging artists for collectors while also working with art consultants and the interior design industry.

Fresh Paint Art Gallery is open 10am – 6pm Monday – Friday, 11am – 6pm Saturday, and by appointment.