05/28/2026
Sheri Ashton’s Suspended inhabits the charged pause just before arrival—the moment an elevator slows, holding the body between motion and stillness, anticipation and release. Here, time stretches into a psychological threshold where internal voices clash, restrain, and quietly offer the possibility of change.
Each work is informed by a single poem, a private letter addressed outward—to the friend Ashton forgot she had: herself. The paintings function as both confession and observation, giving form to what resists language: the paradox of wanting more while needing less, the tension between longing and self-limitation.
The work invites viewers to linger in that pause—to explore new landscapes and recognize the voices that shape their own thresholds, and to remain there long enough for something to shift.
Where:
1301 NW Grand Ave, Phoenix
When:
May 1st - 31st
FRI 6 - 9
SAT & SUN 11-2
By Appointment on Thursdays
