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Indescribable Beings  July 2016 at Tin Top Art & Handmade Opening Reception July 8th | 6:30-8:30pm “Indescribable Beings” is a series that's all about, well, indescribable beings: extraordinary creatures like Bigfoot and ghosts and Dopplegangers and alien visitors. Throughout the collection, the only two humans are a woman and girl (Doreen and Dorinda May, respectively) who bear a striking resemblance to one another and seem not at all surprised by, or even interested in, the mythic goings-on surrounding them. This raises the question: are any of these happenings real? Are they imagined? Are they aspects of a fractured self? The work doesn't seek to answer these questions, only to present them.The verdant flora depicted lends credence to the reality of the settings and the events taking place, while at the same time the unclassifiable nature of these plants suggests the creations of a complex and fertile imagination. I'm exploring and evoking both inner and outer spaces...

Local artists Sabrina Barnett and Christy Broy share the walls this month! In  Indescribable Beings,  Sabrina Barnett brings us visual recordings and objects from her explorations in a strange, matriarchal, world filled with ghosts, hairy creatures and weird plantlife. Sabrina Barnett is an artist, writer, and self-proclaimed sparkle enthusiast from Winchester, VA. A graduate of Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, with a degree in Creative Writing, she is still dreaming about life inside a Polly Pocket. Check out her blog, The Sparklearium, at:  https://sabrinaelisebarnett.wordpress.com Christy Broy is no stranger to pop culture. In her new collection of paintings,  Character Bleed,  she   continues to examine her favorite characters from TV, film and literature.  When Christy isn't painting or watching her latest obsession, she's working at her day job as a manager of a real estate office or hanging with her husband and two kids.