For her debut solo exhibition Somnia, artist Larisa Brechun lays bare the quiet privacy of the dreaming mind. The fugitive debris of memory, myth, and imagination float freely in the cocoon of sleep, coalescing into mysterious forms that defy daylight logic. Under her gentle hand, soft animal bodies take shape alongside evaporating cosmic beings and primordial symbols of wilderness, all adrift in the penumbra of the dreaming state, suspended in etheric margins between the deep woodland dark and the flirting light of a winking moon.

Brechun’s paintings reveal only as much as they desire to be perceived in their tender in-betweenness, a simultaneous urge to hide and to illuminate.

A portion of proceeds from this exhibition will be donated to Red Rover. Red Rover helps animals in crisis and protects and strengthens the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance, and education.