By Mary Voelz Chandler
Rocky Mountain News

October 12th, 2007

"Those familiar with Jeff Hersch's work know that he is fluent in the language of black-and-white photography, and some of the work on view at Carson fits in that category: boys playing baseball in an Indiana fog, and the tricks played by light in scenes in Slovakia.

But Hersch has turned to color for misty and abstracted images for his new "Pool Series," in which he captures the activities of a mother and daughter in a rec center pool. They are bright beyond belief, a scenario of ripples and shadows.

Meanwhile, in the front gallery space, Jennifer Omaitz treats painting as if it were photography, using splashes of white under and over the glaze to signify the role of light in her works in oil on canvas.

Omaitz, who is teaching and doing graduate work at Kent State University, is no stranger to that subject, and the quest continues here. But pieces in "The Quality of Light" explore the significance of line and color, as well, in paintings that look as if she has captured fireworks, then frozen them for us to view."