UPDATE:– Interview with Matthew Seigel posted on the Phantom Galleries site…click here to read the interview. KALEID Gallery presents TANGLE: wandering off trail by Janett Peace and Matthew Bailey Seigel. Matthew Bailey Seigel’s new paintings are a reinvention of the Japanese scroll in modern materials. And like their Muromachi era (1336-1537) counterparts, his themes are of local plants, flowers and animals. But unlike traditional kakejiku (hung scrolls), Matthew’s are less formal, and more of a tangled log of his wanderings off trail. Inspired by Matthew’s view of nature, Janett Peace has created a series of glass pieces in response. She evokes Matthew’s style in 3D while adding a luminous quality only possible with glass. While her interpretations are meant as a tribute to Matthew’s eye for color and composition, she further explores drawing in glass using techniques that give her work a painterly quality. Artists’ Reception: First Friday, August 7th,…
