“Conversation with Oxidation”

February 1 - March 15

Judith Hoyt has spent her entire life in upstate New York. Born in Hunter, N.Y., one of two villages comprising Greene County, with a population just above 3000. The Catskill mountains and Hudson River Valley have served as her inspiration; mother nature is her muse. Hoyt studied at the State University of New York, New Paltz under the tutelage of Robert Ebendorf, an internationally recognized artist known for transforming discarded found materials, into coveted objects and body adornment. 

Over the past four decades, Hoyt has been rummaging and gathering old patinated metal, wood, damaged books, roadside debris, anything that speaks to her and whispers hints of a past life and purpose, markers of time. Hoyt lyrically collages textured and patinated shapes, and through her creative eye constructs a new narrative. By piecing the past with the present Hoyt becomes a visual storyteller. One could compare her patterned and puzzled shapes and surface to the weather scarred, patchworked landscape of New York State. Her work can be found in the Guggenheim, N.Y., The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and the Racine Art Museum, Wi. 

“Conversation with Oxidation” is Judith Hoyt’s first exhibition with Gravers Lane Gallery.