PHILLIPS GALLERY PRESENTS: Sharon Alderman & Hadley Rampton
Dates: June 17th – July 8th
Opening/Gallery Stroll: June 17th, 6-9p.m.

Phillips Gallery, 444 E. 200 S., Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Hours: T- F: 11-6, Sat: 11-4. Phone: (801) 364-8284, www.phillips-gallery.com

Contact: Meri DeCaria (801) 364-8284 or e-mail: meri@phillips-gallery.com
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New oils and watercolors by Hadley Rampton & fine weavings by Sharon Alderman

Sharon Alderman has published two weaving instructional books and has traveled the world conducting work shops about the weaving techniques she has mastered. Her weavings for this exhibit are composed of sewing thread, woven on a full sized loom. They radiate with color that subtly gradates in hue throughout each piece, leaving the viewer in awe of their complexity and delicate structure.

Hadley Rampton’s loose palette knife paintings take our beloved aspen forests to new dimensions. With quick fluid strokes she is able to capture the character of trees, the colors of our canyons and a little bit of je ne sais qua. Her recent oil landscapes have taken on a crisp, gracefully lucid spirit. For Rampton, time spent in the mountains painting has become not simply a means to an end, but a time to quiet her mind, take in the tranquility and feel the rhythm of nature.

This past June Rampton traveled to Tanzania to help a friend build a school through Project Wezesha. She returned with several watercolors painted during a side trip to Stone Town in Zanzibar. Its once affluent buildings, now wonderfully worn, provide an elegant backdrop for the juxtaposition of women in their flowing hijabs and tourists from worlds away. In the spirit of community that permeates Tanzanian culture, Rampton will contribute 10% her Stone Town watercolor sales (8 in total/ the equivalent potential of $550) to further help the advancement of Project Wezesha, www.projectwezesha.org.