The article delves into artist Derek Franklin's exhibition at the Elizabeth Leach Gallery, drawing on the French phrase "entre chien et loup" to illustrate themes of ambiguity in perception and reality. Franklin's paintings examine the relationship between light and dark, inviting viewers to engage with the tension between what is familiar and what is ominous. His use of spherical shapes echoes both celestial bodies and the microscopic world, challenging viewers to reflect deeply on their interpretations while navigating a landscape where the benign and threatening coexist.
In these paintings, Franklin continues his exploration of light and dark, clear and obscure, and the way in which everyday objects become part of daily rituals in our lives.
The painting pulls you in while mind and soul toss those questions back and forth. Passive viewers need not apply.
Franklin is clearly attracted to disc-like spheres. Some direct attention while others serve to obscure.
I commented to Franklin that his current body of work was more like looking through a microscope than a telescope, but he cautioned me that they are not all that different.
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