Scot Lefavor’s Got Wood at Crema
December 15, 2010
[This post also appears at Illiterate Magazine.com]
Artist/Designer Scot Lefavor graced Larimer’s Crema Coffee House with Driftwood this past Saturday. The work on display has a definite air of sarcasm mixed with a graphic, cartoony, 1960′s aesthetic. Scot uses invented characters along with a creamy, muted palette on pieces of found wood ranging from two by fours to cabinet doors. Crema’s semi-plastered brick and plywood walls are the perfect compliment to Scot’s edgy depictions. Each painting is unique, spanning just a few inches to several feet in dimension with a plethora of aspect ratios thrown in. Formally, Scot has taken this hurdle in stride working text and image into stable imagery on the given picture plane. There are lots of nice “aha” moments when perusing the mixture of pop-culture references and personal elements. For instance, Crema’s own Noah Price gets pride of place with his portrait just next to the entrance.
If you happen to find yourself around 28th and Larimer and in need of some coffee, I suggest stopping by Crema for a tasty brew. Of course, check out the art while you’re in there. If however, you find yourself down Broadway, say near where it intersects Bayaud, then definitely stop in to Illiterate and check out Scot’s pieces Where Everybody Knows Your Name, and Denver Benderin our current show Mile High on the Map which just so happens to feature the work of some other great Denver Area artists and designers.
