Aubrey Coon
The Mountains or The Beach, 2025
I’ve decided to not decide. Since leaving the foothills in February of 2025 I’ve been splitting time between South Lake Tahoe and San Diego, both long-time abodes, both renown for unique landscapes. Walking the line between abstract and representational, these paintings are actually emotional landscapes, imbued with the essence and color of the places where they’re made.
Yin Series, 2024
Exploring the boundaries of my Self, being utterly female, and wholly unsuited for the world I inhabit.
Where do I end when I feel everything around me?
Where do I begin, when I feel I have always been?
What is at the center of my being and how do I inhabit that place, finding power in the softness of my femininity?
Winter Sun Series, 2022-2023
These three oil paintings comprise a series about Winter in Tahoe and my tenuous relationship with it. I'm a San Diego native, a lover of the Sun and the Summer. With these paintings I'm exploring my continuing enchantment with the Sun, obscured by the wind and water and cold. The titles are each lines of a song – Winter Sun by Mogli. Abstracts that border on landscapes, these paintings are a testament to Tahoe and its pervasive influence.
I work with ink, pastels and pencil on paper, and oils on canvas. Since 2018 I have exclusively used non-toxic oil paints comprised of earth pigments and walnut oil, mixed by hand.
Nimbash 2024
Nimbus Arts, St. Helena, California
Kennedy Gallery Abstract Show 2023
Kennedy Gallery, Sacramento, California