BLOOM

River Gallery is proud to announce its summer exhibition, “Bloom,” opening Saturday, June 14, 2025, from 3–6 p.m. This bright and fanciful show features ceramics by Taylor Robenalt and paintings by Zoe Hawk, highlighting themes of feminine identity and growth.

Zoe Hawk’s work delves into the complexity of girlhood, exploring adolescent anxiety, feminine identity, and the search for belonging. Her evocative paintings create poignant, visual narratives that resonate with both vulnerability and strength.

Taylor Robenalt’s colorful ceramic sculptures offer a symbolic and emotional journey. Her use of bold color motifs and gold luster accents reflect life’s cycles of growth, death, and rebirth. Flowers, recurring throughout her work, symbolize purity, transformation, and the blossoming of life. Repeated animal imagery—including rabbits, birds, and dogs—carry deeper emotional meaning: loyalty, freedom, shyness, and unconditional love.

“My work is a metaphor for how life is always transforming,” says Robenalt. “These pieces express all of the emotions I experience daily.”

“Bloom” is a celebration of emotional complexity and personal evolution, seen through the eyes of two distinct yet complementary female artists. The exhibition is free and open to the public through August 2, 2025.