Duane Reed Gallery proudly presents New horizons, a group exhibition focussing on the landscape, encouraging artists to apply their contemporary lens and innovative treatments of material to a subject rooted in tradition. The exhibition features new work from Ahzad Bogosian, Steve Cope, Katherine Glover, Jill Hackney, Holly Lane, Lesley Richmond, Carol Shinn and Jeffrey Vaughn.

Ahzad Bogosian was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and channels the Midwest and Western landscapes as sources for his mood-rich paintings. His work is “a response to the atmospheric, sublime qualities and spiritual essence that exists in landscapes.”

Steve Cope, after years of painting in grand scale, changed his format to miniature and easel scale panoramic landscapes. The works are painstakingly rendered to the utmost detail, directing attention to light, depth, and interconnected relationships between floral growth.

Katherine Glover uses strips of thick, cotton Khadi paper laid on their sides to build organic networks of undulating depths and lines. “Sometimes my choice is shaped by a growing idea that suggests the materials that might best give it shape.”

Jill Hackney, a native of New Orleans, is best known for her still lifes and light’s impact on her subjects through layers of vertical and linear strokes. Using the natural texture of the wood she paints on, each painting is approached with a sense of nostalgia.

Holly Lane, originally inspired by the playful borders of manuscripts found in her University library archives, spends months hand-carving her wall-mounted wood sculptures. The result is an elaborate twofold work of art: the frame-like architectural relief and the painting it presents.

Lesley Richmond photographs trees, focusing on the intricacy of their branching structures. She then prints these images and eliminates selected background areas, leaving the structure of trees as the dominant feature. The images are then painted with metal patinas and pigments.

Carol Shinn lives in Fort Collins, Colorado and is known for photo-realistic machine-stitched images. Using her own original photography as a blueprint, the artist utilizes her keen eye, a vintage machine, and hours upon hours of labor to embroider her pieces without the use of CNC.

Jeffrey Vaughn approaches his work with a quiet contemplativeness that reflects the serene aspects of the natural world and reveals the underlying spiritual nature that can be found in the environments he portrays, sourcing imagery from Forest Park and other St. Louis sites.