Show One | 03.27.2026
Camryn Mitchell
PAINTING & DRAWING
Look at a window. Can you describe what you see? Would you say that you see the glass window itself? An object can only be recognized as more than the materials that create it.
Life is given to objects in the form of an unknowable narrative; their delicacy survives travel and time.
We see ourselves in glass, both literally and metaphorically. Our bodies remind us of the properties of glass- fragility, transparency, small areas of uniqueness. We travel, collect stories, and create our own untold narratives about life, similar to these old glass objects.
We burden ourselves with the idea of legacy, when legacy, like glass, is ephemeral too.
Notice what is real and what surrounds you. Notice what objects you may have missed, like the glass inside the frame of the window. Notice which objects are missing, gone with time and travel. This act of noticing is an essential part of one’s identity- that which has meaning, function, and contributes to our shared human culture.