Amidst the mid summer heat, Blockfort hosts a group of artists that feature gardens, flowers, and flora as part of their work. Narratives built around growth, death, rebirth, and all the in between connect the works.

Individually, each artist brings a strong aesthetic and narrative style of their own. Nico Cathcart (Richmond, VA) uses flowers growing from skulls in a traditional painting narrative of life, death, and rebirth to create realistic images. Wingchow (Washington, D.C) creates fantastical garden scenes with otherworldly figures being enveloped and surrounded by globs of color that grow from their surroundings. Kat Francis (Canton, OH) makes her return to the Blockfort Gallery with her illustrative figures interacting with fringed flowers and enveloped in shapes sketched in acrid tones. Janet Marsano (Loudenville, OH) creates intricate narratives that both hide and conceal their subjects within a labyrinth of plants. Sarah DeAngelo creates luscious floral images that become abstract with each fold of color.

Together, the works will be on display in the main Gallery from July 2nd to July 27th. An opening reception will take place on Tuesday, July 2nd, from 6-8pm.