Williamsport, Pa. — Two local artists are putting on a collaborative art exhibit this December for the public to enjoy.
Joanne Landis and Brian Spies will be exhibiting paintings produced over the course of two years and the original photographs that inspired them.
The collaborative show, simply titled “Women,” will be on display at The Other Space at the Pajama Factory with a reception on Dec. 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The gallery show coincides with the Pajama Factory’s Holiday Market — market shoppers are encouraged to stroll through the gallery.
The process of creating each painting for “Women” began with photographs created by Spies, whose work examines gender, identity, and performance, that were printed onto canvas, sized, and then used as the starting point for symbolist oil paintings by Landis, who brought her themes of myth and narrative to craft the finished mixed media works.
The exhibit will include Spies’ original photographs that inspired the collaborative works as well as a selection of Landis’ paintings and vintage prints from both Landis and Spies.
All work will be available for sale, cash or check only.
The exhibition is being held in conjunction with the Pajama Factory’s Annual Holiday Market and will be accessible both via the courtyard by way of Bicycle Recycle and via the newly paved Cemetery Street parking lot.
Directions to The Other Space at the Pajama Factory
About the artists
Joanne Landis is a narrative painter who works primarily with oil paint and whose work features figures, mostly women, that are often meditations on archetypes. She maintains a studio at the Pajama Factory where she occasionally offers workshops. She has exhibited extensively, has work included in numerous collections, and most recently exhibited a body of work at the Milton Art Bank Museum in Milton, Pennsylvania.
Brian Spies is a fine art photographer focused primarily on identity as a performance of self. Their work has been featured in numerous exhibitions around the United States, including at The Power Plant Gallery at Duke University and The Kansas City Artist Coalition. They are represented by Wanderlife Gallery in Philadelphia.
