Parking Lot Gallery

Shaneika Marson’s ability to combined unique shapes, patterns and colors empowers very strong feelings in her paintings.    Yet, the powerful meaning is somehow able to elude me and I’m left happily guessing.  I keep trying to define shapes into objects but the colorful patterns distract my imagination.  Shanekia’s artwork is an engaging game.  Trying to piece together the clues and determine her underlying message is truly an entertaining experience.

Shaneika Marson - Untitled

At first glance, Sax Arba’s Winters Coming and Gone is delightfully faded and whimsical.  Then I looked closely and the frozen mist cleared to reveal remarkable depth, color and realistic detail.   Sax Arba’s mixed media creation is a perfect combination of its parts.  A gorgeous model posed in front of her winter backdrop and was camouflaged into the background.  The human collage was then photographed,  digitally altered,  printed and repainted to create the final illusion.  Sax Arba demonstrates how to use computers and photography as an artistic tool without diminishing the beauty only possible through the soft touch of the human hand.

Sax Arba - Winters coming and Gone - 4' x 4'

Wink Wink Pony’s jolly jumping norwhal, SNAX, will not only bake the best cake at this Friday’s potluck, but he’ll eat the whole shabang. Its kind of gross actually, because all that chocolate and frosting just sticks to his braces as he talks up a storm between bites. But its okay, because he’s awesome. Pony’s creation exemplifies the fun and creative engineering behind her beloved characters. The background concept along with the unique mélange of common materials introduces the observer into the make-believe world of lollipop hill, all that remains is you.

Wink Wink Pony - SNAX