Tinlark warmly welcomes back Scott David Johnson for his second solo show in the Main Gallery.

Chicago artist Johnson creates oil paintings that are a survey of
recognizable objects that bloom in the landscape around us. Separating
most of these objects from their surroundings, Johnson allows their
contexts to evaporate, letting ambiguity fill the empty spaces. While
some of these objects explore the whimsy of once-dominant icons
dissolving into the mists of memory, others suggest messes that need to
be cleaned up, as lessons are learned from past mistakes. When Johnson
turns his eye on these objects, he shares with us his fascination with
their intricacies, no matter how obsolete, and their intriguing
patterns, no matter how troubling.

Also returning for her second solo show in the Project Room is San Francisco's Kirsten Tradowsky.

In her current series of oil paintings, there is a fluctuation between
mirage and reality, with monochromatic scuba divers in a field of
fireworks, or a gathering of tiny people inside a suitcase.  Tradowsky
uses icons that represent order such as groups, clocks and numbers, and
intersperses them with elements of interruption and surprise. There is
a contrast between the scale of objects and people that induces a
tension between one’s internal and external experiences. In a world
that is at times monotonous and conformist, these paintings suggest
whimsical daydreams that give one a place for reinvention.