What is a still life but a metaphorical blank canvas on which to paint the objects that make up your life? Two artists explore the still life’s limits at McLennon Pen Co.’s gallery: Audrey Rodriguez’s Levitation Series and the Americana and Camouflage Series from Slater Reid Sousley. These artists differ in their materials – oil on linen for Rodriguez and acrylic on canvas for Sousley – and their return addresses. Hailing from New York, Rodriguez delivers slices of modern life influenced by her Honduran and Mexican heritage that dazzle in primary colored hues. Sousley comes in from Kansas serving, well, Americana: red, white, and blue shades showing cultural markers familiar to the Texan sensibility with specific connections to the artist’s own family. Catch both shows opening this Friday. – James Scott
Through Feb. 1