"Shared Territory" Opens at Front Room in Hudson

April 4 | Hudson, NY | 4–6pm

At Front Room Gallery, Thomas Broadbent opens "Shared Territory," a new body of paintings that continues his long-standing interest in the uneasy overlap between the natural world and the built environment. The reception on April 4 marks the public introduction to a show that runs through April 26.

Broadbent’s work has, over several exhibitions, developed a distinct visual logic: animals and ecosystems inserted into domestic or constructed spaces, rendered with the technical control of a naturalist and the compositional staging of still life painting.

That approach is in conversation with Dutch vanitas painting and contemporary ecological thinking. His images are often meticulously composed and theatrical. They hold tension. The “shared territory” of the title suggests a lack of harmony and an ongoing negotiation.

These are not apocalyptic images. There’s no overt drama. Instead, the work suggests a world in which the boundaries between human and natural systems are already porous.