Fields & Forms: The Seen & Unseen

John Patrick Cobb and Kiah Denson are showing together at the Shady Springs Party Barn starting Thursday, November 12, with the exhibition titled Fields & Forms: The Seen & Unseen. The two are neighbors in southeast Austin, their properties flanking Shady Springs, which has been the Denson family's private venue for years. Both draw their imagery and inspiration from the landscape around Carson Creek, so the work is rooted in the same stretch of ground.

Inside the barn, the two styles sit side by side: Cobb's small, plein air landscapes and Denson's larger, gestural abstracts. The show is held in the cedar dancehall Denson's father built in 1970, and it's not just the two of them on the walls. The exhibition invites five guest artists to hang work alongside them: Denver Gravitt, gingercel, Lila Hudgins, Emma Grace Martin, and Abigail Victoria.

The opening reception is Thursday, November 12, from 6 PM to 8 PM, and it doubles as the kick-off for the Austin Studio Tour. After that, the barn is open for the tour weekends: November 14-15 and 21-22, from 11 AM to 5 PM daily. It's not open to the public outside those specific days and hours, so you'll want to plan around the weekends. Admission is free. The barn is at 9401 Sherman Rd, Austin, TX 78742.