Collection: Uffelman, Jeff and Finn, Hannah

Jeff Uffelman

I’m in a funny position. I’m a still life painter who is as fond of abstraction
as realism. The seemingly random marks and gestures of abstraction are
of great interest to me. I do not celebrate the order and logic of a still life
arrangement. Instead, I lean toward the randomness of abstraction. To
balance this casualness, I pay a great deal of attention to the rendering of
the chosen objects. Ultimately, it’s a struggle between awkwardness and
beauty. My hope is that this approach produces a unique tension in my
work.

Hannah Finn

Collaborative work is tricky. There is a tension between two souls who have a singular vision and a leap forward to make a joint vision between them come true. I find the result stimulating, even mysterious.