I am really excited to post these images of oil paintings by Pakayla Biehn. Her show Every Single Where opens this Friday at Gallery 6 in SF. Jillian Mackintosh gave me a shout about the show and I had to ask her if they were actual paintings...because as you see Pakayla's work is so serene and concise it looks like photography. Just looking at these paintings I feel completely moved, I can only imagine what they'll be like in person. If you are in the Bay area make an effort to stop by the show. Then tell me what you thought, ok? A little bit about the show:
Gallery Six is pleased to present “Every Single Where” a collection of new works by San Francisco based artist Pakayla Biehn. Miss Biehn is a California native who now calls San Francisco home. Decidedly resourceful, she creates environments of curiosity and intimacy that resonate within painting, installation, drawing and mixed media. “Every Single Where” marks her first solo show. Please join us for the opening reception on Friday, December 18, 2009 from 7 to 11pm.
Pakayla Biehn’s most recent body of work concerns her congenital
vision disability, called Strabismus. Her eyesight consists of mutually
exclusive images trying, unsuccessfully, to bond into a cohesive
impression. She uses her own embodied identity as a starting point for
her paintings and installations. Her goal is to find a visual language
to negotiate the intersection of imagery and create a similar
perspective to give the viewer an understanding of her own optical
condition.
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