David Brock: Places | 2023

Going-to-the-Sun

DAVID BROCK

Places

BRADY & JEANNE FOUST GALLERY

July 28 - October 1, 2023

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DAVID BROCK

Places

BRADY & JEANNE FOUST GALLERY

July 28 - October 1, 2023

New paintings that use the known landscape, large and profound, or small and insignificant, as a starting point towards an exploration of color and paint.

ARTISTS RECEPTION | July 28, 5 - 7 p.m.

ART TALK | 6 p.m. in Robert Manz Gibson Street Entry

WELCOME At Pablo Center at the Confluence, you will view artwork that gives you a sense of place, artwork that is thought-provoking and examines our humanity, artwork that continues the artistic legacy of our community. Within Pablo Center’s galleries, you will encounter depth, emotion, and grace.

Annual favorites weave through Season Six with a flash of color and a trace of familiarity. We look forward to favorite exhibits such as Reflected Light: The plein air art of GO Paint, Confluence of Art Annual, and Fabulous Florals & Fine Art to provide touchstones of shared experience.

At Pablo Center, the visual arts serve to amplify voices in our annual Indigenous Art Exhibit featuring Weeya Michelle Calif, and the expressive High School Art Exhibit featuring talented youth from across the Chippewa Valley. Creative Power, A Traveling Exhibit from Arts for All Wisconsin will shine a spotlight on Wisconsin children and adults with disabilities. Expect challenging and innovative art. Explore the imaginations of our region’s talented creators.

Believe in the power of the arts to move and inspire our community.

ROSE DOLAN-NEILL, CURATOR

Assistant Director, Visual & Literary Arts

The artwork of David Brock draws us into a supernatural view of our natural world. The shapes are familiar, the colors give a sense of the sun’s intensity: of heat. The artwork is as sturdy looking in structure and hue as the earth forms that he is painting. Bold rocks outlined in darkest blacks give shape to the iconic features of a landscape of big skies. Everything is broken down into fundamental elements which seem to exceed the principles of the natural world.

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GOOD TO KNOW PLEASE KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM ALL ARTWORK AND PEDESTALS

Be conscious of backpacks or strollers that may bump into walls, pedestals, or artwork. Do not touch artwork on display unless a label tells you specifically how to interact with the artwork.

SUPERVISE CHILDREN AT ALL TIMES

We strongly encourage children viewing the artwork on display. Please instruct children to not touch artwork on display, to not run in the gallery, and to be kind and respectful of other people viewing the artwork by viewing artworks quietly and keeping a safe distance from others. Children must be supervised by their guardian at all times.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Pablo Center at the Confluence encourages personal photography of our exhibits and permanent art collection. Please use care both for the artwork and the people viewing it. Please no flash.

SKETCHING

Yes, please. You may certainly sketch in our facility. We ask that you use a lapboard or clipboard. Please only use lead or colored pencils. Please do not use the walls or pedestals as supports for sketching.

ARTWORK FOR SALE All artwork pricing is set by the artist and is non-negotiable and nonrefundable. All artwork sales are by commission with Pablo Center at the Confluence. Your purchase supports our endeavors to present quality visual arts programming that is free and open to the public. Thank you for considering.

ARTISTS STATEMENTS & BIOGRAPHIES Statements and biographies are written by the individual artist and are published with their permission. The views expressed are their own.

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DAVID BROCK

Sheridan, Wyoming

My work, both in painting and drawing, centers around the architecture of the landscape, both grand and small, wild and domesticated, man-made or natural.

Constructed utilizing multiple media and paired down to the compositional essentials of color and form, these works reflect my cognitive reconciliation with those oftentimes overlooked spaces as a means of selfunderstanding and grounding, refuge and reflection, of yearning for contemplation, peace and solace.

Born and raised in a small town on the Front Range of Colorado, David graduated from University of Northern Colorado with a BA in Painting and Drawing and received an MFA in 2D Studies from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH. David currently is the Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at Sheridan College in Sheridan, WY. Before moving to Sheridan in 2016, he taught in the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, the University of Wisconsin - Stout, and the Bowling Green State University art departments. He has also been the Gallery Director of the Janet Carson Gallery at the Eau Claire Regional Arts Center in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. His artwork has appeared in national and international juried and group exhibitions, along with numerous solo shows. David has been privileged to have had artist residencies in Petrified Forest National Park, AZ, and the Ucross Foundation in Ucross, WY. David has studied, lived for two years in Fukuoka, Japan, and for one year Florence, Italy, along with extensively traveling throughout Europe and Asia.

MONUMENT (GRAND TETON), 2020 Acrylic, colored pencil on canvas, 30 x 30 $900

MONUMENT (HAYSTACK ROCK), 2020 Acrylic, charcoal, colored pencil on canvas, 36 x 32 $1100

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FORMATION (BIG BEND), 2021 Acrylic, charcoal, colored pencil on canvas, 36 x 32 $1100

FORMATION (GREAT BLACK SWAMP), 2020 Acrylic, charcoal, colored pencil on canvas, 38 x 30 $1200

MONUMENT (NORTH CHIMNEY ROCK), 2021 Acrylic, charcoal, colored pencil on canvas, 36 x 30 $1100

MONUMENT (CANYONLANDS), 2022 Acrylic, charcoal, colored pencil on canvas, 36 x 32 $1100

MONUMENT (NEEDLES), 2021 Acrylic, charcoal, colored pencil on canvas, 34 x 30 $1100

FORMATION (GOING-TO-THE-SUN), 2023 Acrylic, charcoal, colored pencil on canvas, 40 x 32 $1200

MONUMENT (LITTLE TAHOMA), 2023 Acrylic, charcoal, colored pencil on canvas, 38 x 30 $1200

MONUMENT (RED BLUFFS), 2020 Acrylic, charcoal, colored pencil on canvas, 32 x 24 $900

FORMATION (UCROSS), 2022 Acrylic, charcoal, colored pencil on canvas, 34 x 31 $1100

MONUMENT (FOSSIL BUTTE), 2020 Acrylic, charcoal, colored pencil on canvas, 40 x 32 $1200 5

BRADY & JEANNE FOUST Brady Foust taught in the geography department at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire from 1971 to 2008. After retirement, he was one of three founders of HazardHub which was established six years ago. It quickly became one of the leading providers of geospatial hazard data to the insurance industry. It was purchased by Guidewire Software in August 2021.

Jeanne Foust had a 30-year career at Esri, the world’s leading geographic information systems (GIS) software producer. She retired in 2021. Brady and Jeanne are longtime supporters of the arts in Eau Claire. Brady was involved in the development of Pablo Center from the beginning. During its construction, he conducted over 60 tours of the work in progress. He also served on the Confluence Council, Inc. Board of Pablo Center as a member, Vice President, President, and Past President.

INCLUSIVITY STATEMENT Pablo Center at the Confluence will not remain silent when what the community needs is for its local organizations to represent them. Pablo Center at the Confluence, while listening to and learning from the community, pledges to address structural and historical inequities in the arts, identify and address implicit biases and practices through the organizational structure of Pablo Center, and respond to the events of our time that test relationships within the community through dialogue, educational and artistic programming, and care.

Our first act towards this pledge is the creation of the Committee for Inclusive and Just Engagement and Practices, which is dedicated to the resolution of issues and the creation of opportunities related to social justice.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT We acknowledge that Pablo Center at the Confluence occupies the sacred and ancestral lands of Indigenous Peoples. We honor the land of the Ojibwe and Dakota Nations.

T H A N K Y O U T O O U R 2 0 2 3 - 2 0 24 P R E S E N T I N G SPONSORS, MEMBERS, & DONORS

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EXPLORE OUR GALLERIES Through the viewing of art in our virtual exhibits on our website, we can all have a common experience. Gain an understanding of our community and our humanity by scrolling through the images of artworks that have been created by our region’s top artistic minds.

View our exhibits at anytime at pablocenter.org/visual-arts/virtual-exhibits.

SAPIRA CHEUK Jun. 8 - Sept. 10 JAMES H HANSEN GALLERY Movement, Action, Location

RECENT ACQUISITIONS Jun. 30 - Aug. 27 JAMES H HANSEN GALLERY Gifts for Our Community

UP NEXT IN THE BRADY & JEANNE FOUST GALLERY

MUSIC MOVES ME Oct. 6 - Oct. 15 JAMES H HANSEN GALLERY Children’s Artwork Inspired by the Music of the Chippewa Valley Symphony Orchestra

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128 Graham Avenue Eau Claire, WI 54701

FREE and Open to the public Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. +1 hour before events

To purchase a work of art, contact: Rose Dolan-Neill Assistant Director, Visual & Literary Arts rose@pablocenter.org

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