Robin Schaefer

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Robin Schaefer, one of Denver's most talented realist painters, will unveil a new body of work at Ironton Studios and Gallery from February 16th through March 17tgh. After graduating from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, oregon in 2001, this young artist returned to Denver intent on developing her already fromidable skills. Schaefer's new collection of paintings continue to explore the interaction of seemingly unrelated objects. Each canvas features a close-up of various fruits and begetables, such as peaches, apples plums and eggplants interacting with pieces of hardware including springs, nails, and screws. Every composition is bathed in dramatic light contrasted against a rich black background formulated by multimple layers of deep color. The illuminated ojects seem to either emege or recede into the gloom, edges become ambiguous, and simple objects acquire a sinister counenance when spotlighted in such intimate detail. The reflections and shadows of the hardware cast ominously onto the smooth organic surfaces of the fruit. Schaefer's technical precision brings to life these common objects with lustrous, vivid realism; every freckle and dent is metiulously executed. Since her 2006 exhibition "introverted," her debut at + gallery, Schaefer has been investigating the potent symbolism possible in depictions of everyday fruits and begetables in conjunction with other unexpected objects. Robin Schaefer painter artist Denver Plus Gallery + Gallery Ironton still life realism portrait fruit Lewis and Clark contemporary oil painting.