State College artist Miranda Holmes’ work will be on display at the HUB-Robeson Galleries.
UNIVERSITY PARK – The HUB-Robeson Galleries presents ‘Getting My Way and Whining About It,’ an exhibition of paintings by Miranda Holmes, in Art Alley through Thursday, Sept. 7.
A free and public reception celebrating the exhibit will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5.
Using sickly high-key colors and foggy darks to poke fun at both the absurdity of our gaffes and the dread of our more cutting mistakes, Holmes’ work addresses the culpability of human actions. She creates a sense of ambiguity in her paintings by leaving out certain clues which allows the viewer to pass judgment on where the scene went wrong.
Providing contrast to the underlying violence and irony are a variety of quieter moments, found in the form of fog-ridden trees, the glow of a campfire or a muscular rock. These shifts between moments of clarity and hope to areas of obscurity and despair are representative of her reactions to the daily uncertainty Holmes faces as she struggles to make sense of the swift changes in her world.
Holmes is a State College native and a recent graduate of Penn State, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in painting and drawing. She has shown her work in several State College area exhibitions, including the HUB-Robeson Galleries’ Art on the Move program in 2016. She was awarded the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship to attend the Yale Summer School of Art in 2016.
