In the HAC/C3 Satellite Gallery
In partnership with C3 Hillsborough, a co-working space for many local businesses and entrepreneurs, HAC is further connecting artists & audiences through a collaborative gallery space. HAC's Satellite Gallery program seeks to expand our collective support of local artists and create more spaces for diversity in Hillsborough arts events & programs. Read on to learn more about the current artist and exhibition, and explore the Satellite Gallery during Last Fridays & the Art Walk!
In Dreams I Wander
Paintings by Eduardo Lapetina
Artist Statement: Eduardo Lapetina’s ambition with his paintings is to use symbolic shapes and colors to express his deepest emotions and passion for life. This leads him to apply paint to the canvas in unusual ways -- by pouring, splashing, dripping, and scratching. His paintings also require layers upon layers of paint (without modeling paste or other fillers) to create a sensuous and turbulent surface texture that is as vital and as complicated as life itself. He uses color to allure an imaginative and subtle spatial elusiveness. His abstract expressions are the product of many days of working and reworking.
The steps leading to his abstract paintings are the art of hiding and disclosing. It is the discovery of mysteries of the subconscious mind that are part of his own personal legend. Personality counts. These abstractions hold the promise of dreams, visions, fears, intangibles, and will. It is a collaboration of mind and spirit. It is a form of magic that may speak both to you and for you with a private, secret, confidential language. They also require something from the viewer; it demands contemplation, study, feeling, and flights of fancy.
Eduardo Lapetina is largely a self-taught painter, constantly experimenting in his studio. This has led him to develop his own painting technique with unique characteristics. Eduardo has also attended painting classes with Professor Kimowan McLain at the University of North Carolina and with painter Jane Filer at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro.
Eduardo’s inspiration comes from his paintings and the process of painting them. Rather than waiting for inspiration, the art of applying paint motivates him and is his guide, much like that of mid-20th century American abstract expressionists.
“Painting is an integral part of my life and a large part of what makes my life satisfying. It has helped me to cope with the increasing infirmity I have faced in recent years. When I go into the studio to paint, I escape the pain, disability and impediments caused by my chronic diseases and instead lose myself in the passion of painting. When I enter into the world of my canvas, I exist in a place filled with color, boldness, creativity, freedom and beauty; there are no limitations, just a life of no regret.”
Serendipitous Encounter
Acrylic on canvas
28" x 22"
Finding Paradise
Acrylic on canvas
48" x 30"
Learn more about the artist: www.eduardolapetina.com.
ON DISPLAY IN C3 HILLSBOROUGH
JANUARY 13 - JUNE 23, 2025
ARTIST RECEPTION: JANUARY 31, 6 - 8 PM
If you'd like to purchase art work on display in the HAC Satellite Gallery, please fill out a purchase card (available on location at C3) to bring to the HAC Gallery & Gift Shop, within easy walking distance, at 102 N Churton St.
VISIT THE HAC/C3 SATELLITE GALLERY
C3 Hillsborough: 128 N Churton St, Hillsborough, NC
HOURS OF OPERATION:
Mon-Fri, 9-5
+ Open until 9 PM on select Last Fridays for Artist Receptions.
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