Current Exhibition -

Todd Bernave

September 1st - October 1st, 2011

Opening Reception:  Thursday, September 1st, 6-8pm

Gallery IMA is pleased to present new works by Todd Bernave

Todd Bernave
Weathered Wall 1117
Mixed Media on Wood
18 x 18 x 0.375 inches

Weathered Wall

Local artist, Todd Bernave, explores the uncertainty and state of transition all things have as they progress through time. Using a variety of materials such as resin, metal, paint and plaster, he produces patterns of abstraction as one surface becomes subordinate to the next. This interaction is meant to express time, as each moment is supplanted by another. Through this massing of marks - the laying down and fracturing of ideas, the decomposition and reinvention over time – Bernave imparts a history to the surface of a piece. “My objective,” he says, “is to explore the boundaries of the painted surface as I engage the environment that surrounds me.”