SHAWN HUCKINS: The Paint Chip Series
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 6-8 PM $10/$5 for members; part of Creative Cocktail Hour
Exhibition through Sunday, June 13, 2010
Hartford, Connecticut - Real Art Ways presents Shawn Huckins’ first solo exhibition, The Paint Chip Series, which mimics the layout and explores the colors of paint cards found at home improvement stores. The opening reception for the exhibition will be held during Creative Cocktail Hour on Thursday, April 15, 2010 from 6-8 PM. Admission to the reception is $10/$5 for members. Real Art Ways is located at 56 Arbor Street in Hartford’s Parkville neighborhood. For information, contact Real Art Ways at 860.232.1006 or realartways.org.
The Paint Chip Series explores color choice and its meaning in our daily lives. Mimicking the exact proportions, font, layout, and hues of miniature paint cards found at a nation-wide home improvement stores, bands of color we may choose for our most intimate spaces – bedrooms, kitchens, family rooms – are an ideal stage to examine the everyday people and objects that occupy our world.
Shawn talks about his work:
“My work concerns how an object’s story and our surroundings relate to us. I find pure, simplistic beauty and exceptional intimacy in the common object and our everyday environment”.
Admission after April 15th is free to the public, although a $3.00 donation is requested.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Shawn Huckins, a New Hampshire native, has been living and working in his Middletown, Connecticut studio since 2006. Shawn uses what we see and use in our everyday lives as inspiration for his art such as fast food chains, gas stations and even the clothes that we wear. His work has been shown in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and California.
Shawn’s complete biography and examples of his work can be seen at www.shawnhuckins.com
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