May 1-31, 2026
Opening Reception: Friday, May 1, 6–9pm
Third Friday Reception: May 15, 6–9pm
Gallery Hours
Fri 6-9pm
Sat & Sun 11am-2pm
or by appointment
Suspended inhabits the charged pause just before arrival—the moment an elevator slows, holding the body between motion and stillness, anticipation and release. Here, time stretches into a psychological threshold where internal voices clash, restrain, and quietly offer the possibility of change.
Each work is informed by a single poem, a private letter to the self addressed outward. This duality of speaker and witness shapes Ashton’s process. The paintings function as both confession and observation, giving form to what resists language: the paradox of wanting more while needing less, the tension between longing and self-limitation.
Suspended invites viewers to linger in that pause—to recognize the voices that shape their own thresholds, and to consider what it might mean to remain there long enough for something to shift.
She wrote the letter for herself
My friend,
I have found myself
wanting more
needing less.
My work
is
shallow screams
suspended between
freedom
and
self hatred
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