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Togonon Gallery

January 25 - February 27, 2011

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77 Geary Street Second Floor San Francisco, CA 94108
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Recent Paintings Poet Take my Measure Now (Inferno, Dante, Canto II), Mixed media on linen, 58x58, 2009
We are pleased to introduce Lora Groves, who creates mixed media paintings about exploration. In them Groves explores her relationship to the world around her, capturing with dynamic abstraction the universal in the particular. Influenced by the natural world around her, Groves has established a collaborative relationship with nature, allowing it to leave its mark on her canvases. While exploring her relationship with nature is key to her creative process, Groves is equally interested in exploring the technical aspect of her work. Having experimented in photography and figurative painting, Groves’ current work is an exploration of abstract painting, sharp lines and organic forms on a variety of surfaces. Most of her work on linen fabric, finished with sewn edges, and hangs tapestry-style. In these pieces she combines thick gestural paint strokes with beads, buttons, and other items to create a textural landscape that invites exploration. Her newest work is acrylic on concrete board. Groves explains the path of her newest work, “In it I explore the archive of qualities available with a sturdier surface. My own riffs on miniature painting, direct study of my surroundings, and progress toward the fantastical that results from the daily sensory mix emerge in this work.” Groves also continues to explore organic and gestural forms through her work on paper. Groves received her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2005 and garnered a residency at the Morris Graves Foundation in the summer of 2010. Her work has been exhibited throughout California and in galleries nationwide.
Recent Paintings Each Jostling Each Along the Bank - Kipling, Jungle Book, Mixed media on linen, 46x59, 2010
Recent Paintings Found Object in the Graden, Acrylic gouache and acrylic on concrete board, 12x13, 2009