Chasing Shadows Carroll Swenson-Roberts June 12 - July 19, 2025 Opening Reception Artspace111 Friday, June 13, 2025 5:30 - 7:30pm Artist Talk Artspace111 Wednesday, June 25, 2025 5:30 - 7:00pm Doors open at 5:30pm Contact email: simone@artspace111.com “This show started with me tracing shadows every day during my stay in Northern California. I was struck with the sharpness of the shadows in my garden. Once outlined and colored in where the light is blocked becomes the positive space. The negative space is where the light shines through. In truth, it is impossible to trace a shadow in the natural world. The light moves too fast. Shadows are solid and ephemeral.” - Carroll Swenson-Roberts Artspace111 is proud to present the latest exhibition Chasing Shadows by Carroll Swenson-Roberts. Swenson-Roberts shares her ideas of the preciousness of nature through color and play. Her work is vibrant and full of life to depict the harmony between flora and fauna. Her playfulness translates into depicting core memories like a fish nibbling your toe or the humbling awe of whale watching. These fleeting moments are echoed by her fascination with shadow and the movement of light in its relation to objects. Her paintings induce a feeling of connection to the experience of watching a flock of birds mid-flight and compositions of animals interacting with each other in a river bed. These ecological portraits present the significance of the inextricable connection of humanity and nature; figures are rendered in a small proportion in comparison to the totality of our landscapes. In her own way, Swenson-Roberts reminds us we are a small part of a much bigger picture.