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Graves began the paintings in the spring of 2012 when she was given a tour by a friend from the Trenton Atelier.  From that time on Graves and her painter friend, Suzanne Dinger, visited the sites and painted together. She produced all the paintings on site from direct observation, requiring many hours in “the silent presence of these cathedrals of industry.” Graves said.  “I document buildings that are held in the flux of unseen forces,” continues Graves “such as gravity and entropy, at a point in their life span long past their greatest beauty and utility.  My sculpture and paintings are snapshots of a moment in the continuum of the subject’s temporal existence. When the factory is abandoned or the house is torn down, people who recognize them in my work remember them, allowing them in this way to live on. It’s my hope that these sculptures and paintings act as a subtle catalyst within the perception of the viewer: that through the contemplation of absence and what has fallen away, a deeper appreciation will be experienced for that which endures.”

Graves studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Fleisher Art Memorial, Johnson Atelier Technical Institute for Sculpture, where she apprenticed and worked as purchasing agent and was on the foundry’s department teaching staff.  She graduated with a BA in Asian Art History from Mills College, Oakland, Ca.  She has exhibited her work widely throughout the United States.  Permanent installations can be found at Capital Health in Hopewell and the D&R Greenway in Princeton.

In addition to the artists' reception, the exhibit can be viewed by appointment during school hours between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The Chapin School is located at 4101 Princeton Pike, Princeton, N.J. To make an appointment to visit the gallery, please call 609-924-7206.