Homare Ikeda and Monroe Hodder

January 12 - April 29, 2012

Homare Ikeda, Drum, mixed media on paper courtesy of William Havu Gallery

Monroe Hodder Rapture of the Butterflies, oil on canvas

courtesy of William Havu Gallery

Upper Gallery

Two of Colorado’s most celebrated abstract artists are featured in the Upper Gallery - made possible through a partnership with William Havu Gallery in Denver, CO.

Homare Ikeda, raised near Okinawa, Japan, is often called the “Pearl of Asia”. Now living in Denver, CO, Ikeda’s longing for the ocean while being in the midst of mountains is reflected in his nature-inspired works. “Ocean is the root of life as well as origin of my creations. Mountain is my vanishing point. My work is about wonder, longing and quest,” he explains.

Steamboat Springs resident Monroe Hodder uses color as her most powerful language when creating her works that encapsulate the reconciliation of opposites. “My impulse is to fill up an abstract repetitive structure with the delicious disorder of paint, “ Hodder says. Her striking works often feature messy bands of stark color that bend the rules and the grid.