Casey O'Connell "Hope Echoes"
Reaves Gallery
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Reaves Gallery presents Casey O'Connell: Hope Echoes, an exhibition of mixed-media paintings by Florida-based artist.
Hope Echoes is an autobiographical journey of the artist. It is her coming of age, ghosts from the past laid to rest, and a celebration of dreams brought to life. The subject matter as well as the subject have matured and the self-proclaimed "12-year old girl trapped in a woman's body" has emerged to claim her personal space.
Her figures celebrate raw emotion, energy and style as they transcend their highly textural surroundings. There is a voyeuristic quality imposed by the scale of the medium-to-large sized paintings that further increase their impact. These beings displaying a mixture of defiance, triumph, and vision-transmit their joyful spirit through O'Connell's signature style, and a bold, enlivened color palette.
Born in 1979 in Florida, Casey O'Connell received her B.A. in 2001 from Flagler College; she currently lives and works in St. Augustine, FL.
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Schedule
from November 18, 2010 to December 11, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-11-18 from 18:00 to 21:00