John DenHouter

ARTIST STATEMENT:

These images represent an ongoing series of works addressing the physical and emotional challenges that my family has dealt with through the aging process. Dilapidated and obsolete athletic equipment stand in for specific people that find themselves in unexpected contests with unforeseen endings.

CURATORIAL NOTE:

A quiet reflectiveness and the tenderness of companionship combined with beautifully saturated hues and softly rendered surroundings imbue these aging objects with grief, but also a compelling sense of compassion and care as they transition into a final blue hour.

Opposite : Broken Dream and Night Watch

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This work incorporates layers of textural and organic imagery that draws

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