Richard Heller Gallery
2525 Michigan Ave
Suite B-5A
310.453.9191
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John Rappleye, From this Ancient Forest Blight, Courtesy Richard Heller Gallery
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Opens Saturday May 24, 2008 (5–7pm)
May 27, 2008 – June 21, 2008
Tuesdays–Fridays (10am–6pm)
Saturdays (11am–5:30pm)
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In New Jersey-based artist Jon Rappleye's world, eyeless horned owls flit around a cluster of vultures, deer, and snakes while, in the distance, dozens of blue-and-white, iceberg-like formations jut from a chilly ocean. This mishmash of disparate climates and animals is at once reminiscent of eerie folk art and illustrations taken from children's fantasy books. Rappleye's signature look involves a pale whitewash in the foreground, where his land animals perch, juxtaposed with the rippling colors of a sunset in the background. Santa Monica's Richard Heller Gallery hosts Rappleye's work alongside that of Amy Mahnick, who utilizes lush textures and moods in her colorful oil-on-linen abstractions.
