High Noon is pleased to present Lesser Gods of Lakewood, PA, the gallery’s second exhibition of paintings by Jennifer Coates. The exhibition will take place across two locations on parallel streets— High Noon’s permanent space at 124 Forsyth, and a temporary space at 136 Eldridge. In this new body of work, minor deities of Greek myth appear like ghosts in the abstracted landscape of rural Pennsylvania. The figures merge with their surroundings as weeds and trees become a site of both Pagan ritual and painterly event. Through drawing and gardening, Coates has established a deep familiarity with the local flora. The plants she paints are mostly found in edge ecologies - threshold spaces where cultivation and wildness meet.