Chase Gallery

FIRST FRIDAY at The Chase Gallery!

Come experience the celestial work of Drew Cliness from January 3 through February 28 at the Chase Gallery, and meet the artist on First Friday Jan 3 from 5:00 to 7:30pm!

"At its core, my work examines liminality and periods of transition: physical or metaphorical spaces that don’t quite feel settled. Through the use of recognizable structures and symbols, my work offers the illusion of security, using playfulness, novelty and imagination to subvert, or even generate, feelings of tension."
Emily Somoskey
(Shards)

"Each layer or piece of an object completely changes how we view it. I see things completely differently if I remove or introduce something new in the image. The need to be able to see something from every possible perspective and context drives my process of taking things apart and rebuilding them differently. I am interested in seeing images, objects, and people as constructions that are all made up of different components."
Madison Jones
(Landscapes of the Forgotten No.4)

Aleeta Renée Jones is a mixed media artist based in Spokane, Washington. She holds an M.A. in Sculpture (1984). Her work has been shown in galleries from San Francisco to Portland and Spokane including Terrain Twelve (2019). Renée is returning to art after 25 years in a different creative endeavor: growing salad mixes for top Portland chefs.
Most recently Renée has been turning her attention toward painting. She approaches this work with a sculptural sensibility building up layers and textures and physically scraping down. Her work is inspired by topography, significant events, and her own inner landscape.
(The Orange Line)

"I feel my subconscious was, and is, searching for something old and solid, mysterious yet deeply familiar, in the midst of such swirling uncertainty. These paintings are a pursuit of commonality throughout human history, the ancient ties that bind us."

Aleeta Renée Jones
(Divination of the Tea Leaves)