LIGHT ART
EXHIBIT

When: Now through Jan. 31, 2026

 

This light art exhibit is by Montpelier-based artist Chris Jeffrey and is on view at the ATM Gallery through January 31. On Saturdays from 10 am - 2 pm the gallery windows will be covered and visitors are welcome to come inside and see the pieces the way they are meant to be seen, up close and in the dark. All other days in January the light art will be on timers and visible from outside between 4:30 pm and 10 pm. 

 

The projected filter colors also interact with the colored paints so that individual beams of light take on multiple shades,  often blending with the paint colors to create entirely new colors.  

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This exhibit is about light, color and texture.  It is meant to be an immersive experience where the longer one looks, the quieter the mind gets and the more things get noticed: new colors, an experience of three (or more?) dimensions, new shapes, new combinations of colors, and stuff that I haven’t even noticed myself. (Please share what you notice; I always love hearing what people see in my work.)

 

To create my pieces, I project light through high-tech colored optical filters onto boards that are painted with thick white gesso.  The gesso is textured with tools such as combs and my fingers, which I then paint over with sweeps of vivid, colorful paint. The texture allows the colors from the filters and the paints to blend in the ridges and grooves.

 

The light shining through the filters illuminates sections of the colored paints while leaving other areas untouched, creating dark sculptural areas that - on closer look - contain their own mysterious shapes and muted colors.

 

The projected filter colors also interact with the colored paints so that individual beams of light take on multiple shades,  often blending with the paint colors to create entirely new colors.  ​​