The human figure — the body, its gestures and expressions — is meaningful to everyone. We use it to communicate with each other. Our brains are wired to find and identify the face and figure in our field of view before our rational mind even kicks into gear. Thus, artistic interpretations of the figure are as diverse as the artists themselves. Sometimes shown in abstraction, sometimes in representational style — and all points in between — the figure becomes a vehicle for the artist’s spiritual, emotional, visceral, intellectual and aesthetic visions.

Join us for a select collection of paintings that show the enthusiasm, intensity, and complexity of the human condition through the human figure through the eyes of ten of the area’s best artists.