Coming To Our Senses

A new solo exhibition opening September 2 - October 11, 2025 at Michael Warren Contemporary, Denver.

I began this series by asking the question…”Why can’t we speak to each other?”

To investigate- I’ve made works that in the words of Mike McClung, Co-owner and Gallery Director says, “Nancy uses clay to convey multi-sensory experiences of being in the mountains. Lovendahl draws attention to sight, smell, sound, speech and touch with seductive surfaces that are burnished as if the sun, wind, and water had worn them down over millennia.” The intention of these artworks is reconnection to our common link - human nature - as a drop in the ocean of humanity’s memory. Like Lincoln said, "the better angels of our nature" in his 1861 First Inaugural Address, urging Americans to overcome their divisions through shared memory and affection to preserve the Union, rather than succumbing to conflict.