Animal Dreams: June Stratton and David Landis

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Foundation Gallery is pleased to present two one-person exhibitions, by Atlanta

sculptor David Landis and Savannah painter June Stratton, that consider how

people and nature reflect each other in their behavior, their strength and

fragility. In Animal Dreams, each

artist’s dreamscapes depict animals and birds in a reflective silver tone –

whether cubist aluminum sculptures of floating and falling creatures or silver

leaf paintings of birds and animals in midair. Landis and Stratton’s poetic

works incorporate the mirror-like material of silver as an intentional nod to

the aesthetic use of this treasured tone in classical art of centuries past.

June Stratton’s (b.1959,

Hawaii) oil paintings and pastels have been successfully shown in Savannah and

her home gallery of Boston, Lanoue Fine Art Gallery.  Her work has been acquired by many collections including

Bank of America, the U.S. Department of State, The Mayo Clinic and Texaco, Inc.

Stratton’s pieces can be seen in major movie productions as well as national

and international collections, including the acclaimed St. Regis Art

collection, in the hotel’s Atlanta location.

David

Landis (b.1964, New York) is a sculptor whose work ranges from

large-scale public commissions to smaller private works. Landis is currently

producing pieces for the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital, Palo Alto, CA and

the new Alpharetta Public Library. He is also creating one of Atlanta’s largest

permanent landscape installations- the 33 Oaks Project. His commissions include

the Atlanta Beltline; the gardens of the Pierre Baudis Congress Center,

Toulouse, FR; the Albany Law Enforcement Center, Albany, GA; the U.S. Bancorp

Center, Minneapolis, MN; as well as Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport,

Novelis Corporation, Fulton County government center, Kennesaw State

University, the Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, Trees Atlanta and the Atlanta

Botanical Garden.