October 14, 2008

Sheep Jones at Gallery Plan B on 14th Street, is another artist who continues to find new depth and emotive power exploring consistent themes. Her subjects - vegetables, houses, other life forms - are usually poised on the border between the world we see and the underground world we imagine, which she makes visible in gorgeous and inviting color. Sheep has worked in virtually every medium and has come back around full circle to rich, luminous oils. My favorites are the large pieces, whose scope gives her the space to expand, and the space is used to its fullest, packed with information. There were lots of red dots there even before the opening, so kudos to Sheep and Paula Amt, owner of Plan B. They seem to have found a way to sell art even as the stock market crashes. You go, grrrls. If you tell me the secret, I promise I won't tell anyone else. promise... really...