CROSSINGS:  Solo Exhibition, August 9 – 30, 2019 at Atelier 1205, 1205 E. Cesar Chavez, Austin, Texas 78702, opening reception 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Friday August 9

Cindy Stapper’s contemporary landscape paintings reflect her fascination with elemental forces, and the unexpected associations and subtle contrasts present in nature. She slowly builds paintings using oil, cold wax, powdered pigments and natural materials that are layered and excavated to reveal hidden depths of color and texture. Her current body of work is a rumination on presence and absence, the power of landscape to reveal unknown aspects of ourselves, and the rare and special landscapes that become part of our personal geography, with imagery based on the poignant, fluid, and ephemeral northwest coast of Ireland.

Headlands, 12 x 36 inches, oil and wax on cradled board 2019 Cindy Stapper