Against the Grain

Mitch McGee • Adam Young

Against the Grain is a two artist show with Mitch McGee and Adam Young. As well as fine artists, both McGee and Young are woodworkers by trade, and each brings a unique sense of materiality and craftsmanship to their artistic practice.

Heavily influenced by the aesthetics of the early Pop Art movement, McGee creates bold, graphic relief paintings from meticulously hand-cut and layered birch wood. With eye-catching palettes and familiar visual tropes, McGee's striking mixed media works draw the viewer into gently nuanced conversations about socially constructed gender roles and stereotypes. Carrying on a very different aesthetic tradition, Adam Young paints richly detailed worlds on Douglas Fir panels from his woodshop, imbuing them with the symbolic language and storytelling practices of American Folk Art. Constructed from drawings and writings recorded in one of his ever-present black notebooks, his visually dense paintings on wood explore spirituality, personal mythology, and our collective interconnectedness with nature.

  • The Hand of the Sower

    Adam Young

    Acrylic on handmade Douglas Fir panel

    29.25" x 41.25"

    Available

  • For the Mountain and the Morning Star

    Adam Young

    Acrylic on handmade Douglas Fir panel

    29.25" x 41.25"

    Available

  • FAB

    Mitch McGee

    Acrylic and oil stain on layered birch

    40" x 40"

    Available

  • Just Passin' Thru

    Mitch McGee

    Acrylic and oil stain on layered birch

    38" x 38"

    Available

  • What for the Wanderer

    Adam Young

    Acrylic on handmade Douglas Fir panel

    31" x 32.75"

    Available

  • Water from the Sun Spring

    Adam Young

    Acrylic on handmade Douglas Fir panel

    30.5" x 32.5"

    Available

  • Spel

    Mitch McGee

    Oil and acrylic stain on layered birch

    46" x 35"

    Available

  • For a Brief Moment

    Mitch McGee

    Oil and acrylic stain on layered birch

    43" diameter

    Available

  • Quick

    Mitch McGee

    Oil and acrylic stain on layered birch

    30" x 60"

    Available