THE SPACE BETWEEN

This interactive art exhibition brings the encounter with art of the regional West out of the gallery and into the comfort of your home.

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Welcome to The Space Between, an interactive art exhibition by multidisciplinary artist, Nick Thornburg, and western painter, Luke Anderson.

This exhibition is designed to utilize the interactive capabilities of the web. Click and drag the slide to the left to advance the slideshow. Many slides feature some elements of animation, so be sure to give each slide a few seconds to fully appear and develop before advancing the slideshow. Hover your cursor over each slide to push and play with each piece of art as you view it.

While this exhibition can be enjoyed on any platform, it is ideally viewed on a desktop or laptop computer. If you only have access to a mobile device, make sure your device is oriented in the landscape display mode rather than portrait.

Thank you, and enjoy the show.

SPACE

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The unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located...

...and all events occur.

When reflecting upon the theme of this exhibition, I was immediately drawn to the idea of exploring the way in which we perceive space, as well as those things inhabiting it.

My work speaks to the limitations of perception and illuminates the process by which we infuse meaning into the illusory objects our minds choose to discern.

— Nick Thornburg

The world around us — the space in which we reside, act, interact, and live out our lives — is an arena of meaning-making.

As we remove ourselves from such direct experience...

...we are left with contours into which we pour meaning.

We color abstractions using our minds...

... and breathe life into them.

"An Ennobling Gaze"
Original Illustration by Nick Thornburg
34 x 22 cm, Ink on Bristol

"An Ennobling Gaze"

"Affixed, Alert... Embodied in a Shadow of Her Own"
Original Illustration by Nick Thornburg
34 x 22 cm, Ink on Bristol

"Affixed, Alert... Embodied in a Shadow of Her Own"

"A Patrician, His Parceled Tract"
Original Illustration by Nick Thornburg
34 x 22 cm, Ink on Bristol

"A Patrician, His Parceled Tract"

"From on High"
Original Illustration by Nick Thornburg
34 x 22 cm, Ink on Bristol

"From on High"

"Witness"
Original Illustration by Nick Thornburg
34 x 22 cm, Ink on Bristol

"Witness"

"A Proud Shadow Cast"
Original Illustration by Nick Thornburg
34 x 22 cm, Ink on Bristol

"A Proud Shadow Cast"

"Penumbral Bodies"
Original Illustration by Nick Thornburg
34 x 22 cm, Ink on Bristol

"Penumbral Bodies"

"Impression of a Resolute Gaze"

I think that the way we perceive and interact with space sort of defines who we are as individuals. A lot of that has to do with how we choose to share and divide space with each other.

My illustrations in this exhibition look at both the abstract concept of space in our physical world as well as the basic artistic element of space.

— Luke Anderson

"Fill a space in a beautiful way"

- Georgia O'Keeffe

"Space is the breath of art."

- Frank Lloyd Wright

"Expansion/Contraction"
Luke Anderson
Ink/watercolor with
digital embellishment

"Doppelgänger"
Luke Anderson
Pencil drawing with
digital embellishment

"Heavy Thoughts"
Luke Anderson
China marker on canvas paper

"Aura"
Luke Anderson
Illustration with digital
embellishment

"The Relationship Between Form and Space"
Luke Anderson
China marker on canvas paper
with digital embellishment

"Déjà vu"
Luke Anderson
Ink/watercolor with
digital embellishment

"Cloud Puzzle"
Luke Anderson
Digital illustration based
on colored pencil drawing

The Space Between was developed as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to gallery closures, social distancing measures, and economic strain, artists were effectively stripped of any ability to showcase their work. The Space Between is the first in a series of immersive art exhibitions that recreate the power of direct experience for online consumption.

Show your support for this effort by considering a contribution.

Please give whatever you're comfortable with.

Visit the exhibition shop to begin collecting your favorite pieces from The Space Between.

Bring home archival prints, ready-to-hang originals, digital downloads and other collector's items.