Eric Zener

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ERIC ZENER- Between the Layers- San Francisco, CA – September 2, 2008- September 27 – Eric Zener’s new series of acrylic resin pieces will be on view at Hespe Gallery. A reception for the artist will be held Thursday, September 4, 2008 from 5:30 to 7:30p.m. The exhibition will continue through September 27.

ERIC ZENER
Imagine yourself standing at the edge of a swimming pool; it is nighttime, and lights from beneath the surface illuminate the water, causing ripples and small waves to dance in front of you, teasing and taunting you. You inhale, take a deep breath, and let go. As your body quickly cuts through the surface, you feel as though you have entered a different world; there is a silence that surrounds you, but a power and serenity in your own thoughts. You move easily and gracefully, as if the weight and worries of everyday life have lifted from you, and you are in a constant state of transformation. Finally, you must surface for air, and the responsibilities of reality are with you again. If only there was a way to preserve that fleeting feeling of serenity and transformation, that dreamlike state where your unconsciousness flows freely yet you are awake.

If there is such a way, San Francisco based artist Eric Zener’s new acrylic resin pieces are certainly the answer. Through his choice of medium, Zener literally and symbolically adds a profound depth to his new work. He masterfully explores a mixing of medias of paint, ink, photography, drawing, metallic leafing and many more which creates a depth in his pieces that you can see and feel, giving the viewer the sensation that they could walk into the piece themselves. Symbolically, the literal layers of Zener’s work reflect multi-layers of our lives; above the surface, we may seem composed or unaltered, but beneath, surrounded by the privacy of the water, our many layers are revealed, and we are constantly transforming. Resonating with their own, inner light, Zener’s acrylic resin works successfully capture what seems unattainable; that fleeting, instant relationship we share with water, and the sensation that beneath the surface we have reached a state of renewal, refuge and perhaps even enlightenment.

ERIC ZENER
Born in Astoria, Oregon, Eric Zener, 41, received a Bachelor of Art degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. After traveling for several years, Eric moved to the Bay Area, where he lives and paints. Zener’s work has been exhibited internationally in Australia, Japan and Spain and is included in numerous corporate, private, and museum collections. His work was recently featured in the Robb Report and reviewed in ArtNews Magazine. He has exhibited at Hespe Gallery since 1994.

HESPE GALLERY
Since 1993, Hespe Gallery, 251 Post Street, Suite 420, San Francisco, has brought a host of new and exciting artists to the San Francisco art scene. Combining over twenty years of experience in the art worlds of New York and Chicago and his unique eye for spotting talented young artists, gallery director Charles Hespe has successfully cultivated a local, national, and international clientele. Please visit the gallery website, http://www.hespe.com, for information on other gallery artists.

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