Detail of “Offspring” (1 of 2) by McKenna O’Hare
Borderlands by McKenna O’Hare
Join us for an artist talk and opening reception with McKenna O’Hare on Saturday, November 13th at 4pm in the gallery. A brief artist talk will start at 4:30pm.
“Living in the overlap between a Kingdom that is both now and is still yet to come, we find ourselves in the borderlands. We have a tangible hope in the death and resurrection of Jesus, and yet our souls still desperately yearn for all things to be restored in full. Borderlands explores this complex overlap in which we inevitably experience tension, divine connection, and sometimes utter disjunction. While creating this work, I asked questions like, ‘Where is God within my current circumstance? How does one reconcile with what is unknown or cannot be understood? What do I do with the transcendent, yet fleeting, glimpses of God’s glory?’ I’m not necessarily trying to answer these questions as much as I am seeking to provide space for myself and others to wrestle through them, allowing for grace to fill the gaps as we learn to embrace this journey together through the borderlands.”
Emerging artist McKenna O’Hare is a Kansas native residing in Louisville, Kentucky, where she currently interns with Sojourns Arts. Longing for faith to restore creativity, her work explores the dynamic relationship between God and humanity through abstract and nonobjective work. Since graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing in 2019, she has also picked up acrylic painting, where she now layers the two techniques creating highly expressive, meditative, and inviting work. Using subdued, earthy tones, O’Hare relies on intuition to guide her creative process, cultivating space for reflection and prayer. This results in finished work which fosters introspection and contemplation upon that which is transcendent.