December 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DRAWINGS
January 11 - February 22, 2003

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 11, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Koplin Gallery is pleased to announce our first exhibition of artist, John Lincoln. The works on display will feature Lincoln's studio drawings from the past five years. A veteran art educator for over 30 years, his work becomes process-oriented using studio environments that inform and train the artist's vision.

Working in pencil and ink wash, Lincoln's use of line and composition are subtle and expressive. He commonly works on small, intimate papers and then hinges them together to construct scroll-like drawings of studio sessions. Lincoln's natural inquisitiveness and probing vision lends an air of whimsy and freedom to his subjects.

In Untitled (Brushes), Lincoln assembles three papers lengthwise that scan vertically through the space of the studio. Each section of the work explores different aspects of composition, and the spatial depth is collapsed using flat areas of pattern and shading that challenge the viewer's perspective. As in other works, Lincoln's gaze does not rest solely on the model as he accentuates the studio environment by describing his fellow artists as well as the tools of the trade.

John Lincoln lives and works in Pasadena, CA and Paris, France. He was a professor of Art in Drawing for over thirty years at such institutions as Cal Arts in Valencia, CA and California State University, Long Beach. His work is in a number of public collections including, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Long Beach Museum of Art, and the Santa Barbara Museum.