Transitions: Work by Courtney Cotton & Alissa Davie
September 26 - December 4, 2024
Opening: Thursday, September 26, 5:30-7:30pm
Boulder JCC
6007 Oreg Ave, Boulder, CO
From September 26 through December 4 the Boulder JCC will be displaying work by abstract artists Courtney Cotton and Alissa Davies. Cotton and Davies met when they were both enrolled in a CBCA artist business group and connected over the power of creating art, working with intuition, and using art as a tool for processing life. When Alice Messinger of the Messinger Gallery approached Cotton about having a show, Cotton invited Davies to participate as well, believing that the two would create work that would compliment each other.
Allowing intention and intuition to guide the process is the centerpiece of Cotton and Davies’s show, Transition. Both artists set out with intentions to create pieces the were honest in the internal happenings of their world and centering the power of intuition and the body to execute these intentions. Deeply influenced by the natural world, the work in Transition speaks as well
to the healing and resourcing time in nature can provide. The show serves as a vulnerable and vibrant testament to the power of remaining present to what is and using art-making as a vehicle for processing the present. “This body of work is in direct correlation to a recent move from Boulder and grapples with what makes a home. It explores what it means to put down roots and adapt to surroundings and the rawness that immense transition can expose. Nature is my balm through it all, as well as the process of making”, says Davies. “Setting a clear intention before starting each piece helps me create spatial & organic shapes that invite viewers to contemplate and find peace,” comments Cotton, on the 7 new paintings she made for the exhibition.
Both artists hope that viewers feel an emotional response to the work that allows them to examine their own relationships with their innermost sensations and transitional occurrences. More than ever in our digital age, it is paramount to have in-person experiences with artwork, to stand in front of a piece and have an interchange that cannot be replicated through a screen. All work will be for sale and the Boulder JCC is open for viewing Monday through Friday, 8am-5pm.
