Hol Mellema
An exhibition of artwork by Hol Mellema runs - October 3rd - New Year's at ZEV YOGA. Artwork can be viewed by attending the public reception, appointment, or attending any of the regularly scheduled yoga classes offered each week. All works are available for purchase. For more information contact Drift Gallery, 603-379-6560
Zev Yoga will host a public reception during Art 'Round Town on Friday, December 5th, 6-8pm
Zev Yoga will host a public reception during Art 'Round Town on Friday, December 5th, 6-8pm
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Throughout my life, art has continually been a strong passion of mine, but it only evolved into a truly personal expressive process after a night of insomnia in 2004. In my sleep-deprived state, I wandered into the garage with a freshly painted wooden panel, and began to grab anything pliable within my reach. Before I knew it, my Garage Series had taken off. This series opened the floodgates for my creative process, and soon my insomnia-driven process had manifested itself into a release and expression that would continue for years to come. The process has taught me about balance, not just on the canvas, but also in the complexities of my life. My work incorporates mostly found and discarded materials. Earlier pieces consisted of half-used materials, such as gasket adhesive, discarded wood paneling, wood stain, car grease, grill charcoal, and interior wall enamel. The process of reworking a chaotic set of half-used and discarded materials into something harmonious and cohesive on canvas was a visual expression of the reworking of the chaos in life, and the mending of partially realized potentials.
My newer works are created out of discarded sales receipts that I've collected from family, friends, strangers, and even garbage cans. These receipts are arbitrary symbols which stand for items they account for. Receipts, which are so easily tossed away without care, essentially embody the mentality of a consumerist society, foreshadowing the eventual discarding of the material itself. But many people are able to find use for second hand materials in their lives; items in these receipts may not just be thrown away, but may be handed down, sold, donated, reused in so many different ways. Reuse and re-purposing gives a new meaning and a new life to materials, and this cycle maintains a balance between producing and consuming. Watching this cycle emerge in my work has helped me to become more astute to the cycle in my own life, and helped me to maintain my own balance through reusing materials that would otherwise have been simply marked off as trash.
Contact Drift Gallery for purchasing information.
Throughout my life, art has continually been a strong passion of mine, but it only evolved into a truly personal expressive process after a night of insomnia in 2004. In my sleep-deprived state, I wandered into the garage with a freshly painted wooden panel, and began to grab anything pliable within my reach. Before I knew it, my Garage Series had taken off. This series opened the floodgates for my creative process, and soon my insomnia-driven process had manifested itself into a release and expression that would continue for years to come. The process has taught me about balance, not just on the canvas, but also in the complexities of my life. My work incorporates mostly found and discarded materials. Earlier pieces consisted of half-used materials, such as gasket adhesive, discarded wood paneling, wood stain, car grease, grill charcoal, and interior wall enamel. The process of reworking a chaotic set of half-used and discarded materials into something harmonious and cohesive on canvas was a visual expression of the reworking of the chaos in life, and the mending of partially realized potentials.
My newer works are created out of discarded sales receipts that I've collected from family, friends, strangers, and even garbage cans. These receipts are arbitrary symbols which stand for items they account for. Receipts, which are so easily tossed away without care, essentially embody the mentality of a consumerist society, foreshadowing the eventual discarding of the material itself. But many people are able to find use for second hand materials in their lives; items in these receipts may not just be thrown away, but may be handed down, sold, donated, reused in so many different ways. Reuse and re-purposing gives a new meaning and a new life to materials, and this cycle maintains a balance between producing and consuming. Watching this cycle emerge in my work has helped me to become more astute to the cycle in my own life, and helped me to maintain my own balance through reusing materials that would otherwise have been simply marked off as trash.
Contact Drift Gallery for purchasing information.