The Arts Garage (TAG) in Port Clinton has launched "Rooted," a group exhibition featuring six artists who explore the intersection of nature and human emotion. The show highlights the work of mixed-media artist Chad Cochran, known for his landscape-based album covers for Nashville musicians, and Susan Danko, whose abstract paintings translate the atmospheric moods of the forest into monochromatic and experimental forms.
This exhibition serves as a localized case study on how environmental themes continue to dominate contemporary regional art scenes. By showcasing artists like Danko, who developed her "Night Forest" series during the isolation of the pandemic, the show underscores the enduring role of nature as a psychological refuge and a site for technical experimentation in the post-COVID era.