Introducing Aleta Pippin’s Show | “The Exploration Continues”
Show Duration | August 15 – September 3
Opening Reception | Friday, August 16, 5-7P

We All Explore

When one hears the term “explore,” he or she likely pictures a physical journey involving a largely untraveled road – maybe there’s a map, or a dark path in need of a flashlight to illuminate the way. Exploration can certainly come in the form of a literal journey through space and time, and it often does, but it also comes in the form of a more silent, internal voyage of discovery. We all, as humans, journey through life. We continually learn, whether we’re conscious of it at present or not. We meet people who challenge us, change us, and make us think. We pursue the things that hold our interest and excite us. We back away from hurt and strive to avoid pain, albeit inevitable at times. We look forward to the changing of nature around us: the sun of early summer and the cool, rainy afternoons of summer’s tail end; the rich, hearty colors of fall; the sometimes-numbing cold of winter; and the newness of spring.

A Common Experience, Yet Different for All

This is life. All of these things contribute to our human experience. There are some things we have control over, like how we clothe ourselves in the morning and what we eat for lunch, and there are many things that are out of our hands – the bigger ebbs and flows of life. The point is, we are all journeying, discovering, exploring, but we go about this common experience quite differently. Some of us wander along, week by week, living for the weekend and rarely stopping to find meaning in the day to day. While, others seek out lessons from the simplest things – a leaf falling to the ground, making room for new life to come, or a cat enjoying the warmth of the sun on its absorbent fur coat. We live. We journey. We explore.

Finding Her Infinity, Expressing Her Essence

Aleta Pippin’s newest body of work is the result of her exploration story. Called, “The Exploration Continues,” this series is an illuminated crosscut of Aleta’s continual exploration as an Abstract Expressionist. We, as the viewers, are allowed a window view to the many layers that make up her journey as a whole. She explains, “The eyes that see the inner me; I’m searching to clear that vision. Following the path, my paintbrush leads the way, into the recesses of my soul to that deeper place of being; finding my infinity and expressing my essence. Touching others – I lay my feelings on the canvas. I am true to my own being. It is through this truth that I learn to live!”