city streets and nature retreats

An exhibition of miniature installations and photography by Becky Wareing Steele

Friday September 3rd - Sunday October 31st

EXTENDED THROUGH Sunday November 28th

Baere Brewing, Denver, CO

City Streets and Nature Retreats is an exploration into the often unseen and overlooked areas of our daily lives.  This exhibition of miniature installations and photography by Denver based artist Becky Wareing Steele will be on view Friday September 3rd - Sunday October 31st at Baere Brewing, 320 Broadway Unit E, Denver, CO 80203. 

There is so much to focus on in our daily lives. Constant streams of information coming in at all times.  In an effort to refocus our attention on the finer details in the world around us Wareing Steele has captured a series of small moments through the introduction of 1:160 scale figures into familiar settings.  “I always have a small tin of hand painted figures on hand, along with my camera, so when inspiration strikes I am ready to go.  It has become a meditative practice for me in many ways.  In moments where I’d typically turn to my phone to fill the passing time, I instead refocus my energy to the world that surrounds me and try to find these small moments of exploration by examining the impact of scale and environment.” 

The exhibition consists of two parts.  Miniature installations can be found embedded in the cracks and crevices of the reclaimed palate wood walls throughout the interior of Baere Brewing’s taproom.  Each installation features figures interacting with their surroundings, creating microenvironment to explore. 

These same figures can be found featured in the framed photographs interspersed throughout the space, enlarging the figures that stand only a 1/2” tall in reality.  These photographs depict scenes found in the nature of Colorado and the City of Denver.  Each photograph allows the viewer a moment to lose themselves in a micro moment of exploration and enjoyment.  There will be framed and unframed prints available for purchase at Baere Brewing throughout the run of the exhibition.