Last night, July 2, 2010, the inaugural Colour Pallette kicked off in Banker's Hill's Tin Can Alehouse. The beloved neighborhood bar contributed its main wall to the art of event creators Bryan Wingen and Dylan Clausen. Bryan presented the "Stripe" photographic series, which presented a series of mixed straight-up, and unconventional, portraiture, of individuals (among them, two dogs!) wearing a found "ugly" sweater of red and white striped reminiscent of the American flag. He had each subject pose in front of an actual American flag (sans the stars), and both the sweater and the flag were mounted above a galley next to the bar. Meanwhile, Dylan presented a series of liquidic, atmospheric watercolors and inks, characterized by his trademark graphic-inspireed linework and muted primary pallette. The overall effect of the two series' side by side, with the Tin Can's lighting, is a soft scarlet glow emanating off the wall, drawing the some sixty guests to look closer, but to also keep a distance from the energetic aura of the bold works.
