July 1 – September 30, 2017

Using a narrative style of painting and her own cast of contemporary characters, local artist Lindsay Stripling developed an installation illustrating a neighborhood mythology influenced by her daily observations in the Outer Sunset. Stripling’s watercolor work is characteristically populated with animal-human hybrids, downed tree branches, disembodied heads, floating swimmers, talking animals and insects involved in bizarre situations. These and other imaginary beings slowly populated a surreal tableaux inspired by her everyday surroundings, evolving over her three month residency.
 
An opening reception was held on Saturday, August 5th and a closing party was held Saturday, Sept 23rd. Stripling also led a mask-making workshop inspired by the use of masks to create identity-transcending alter-egos in her work.
 
Lindsay Stripling is a San Francisco-based artist working in the Outer Sunset district. She studied photography at UC Santa Cruz and painting at San Francisco Art Institute. Lindsay uses color and form to create dreamlike narratives that echo folk and fairy tales. Mysterious characters exist in familiar landscapes, playing out scenes from stories with no beginning, middle or end; where the moral might be lost, switched, blurred or just completely missing. 

photos courtesy Rachelle Derouin and Irving Street Projects