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Gallery I Sarah Dobkin
It's a new season so I want to start fresh, and ask myself what am I drawn to as an abstract painter, an artist, a human being? Honestly, for me its always been about the subtelty of mark making, paint, surface, and color. That's second nature to me, so I decided to dig a little deeper. Rifling through years of image files, I noticed a pattern emerging, a clarity of sorts. A few years ago I did an artist residency in Vermont in the coldest February I can remember, and I'd escape my studio periodicly for fresh air. During that time I took dozens of pictures, not knowing what I would do with them, but felt attracted to the streams, rivers, and bodies of water in myriad states of freezing. Back in Boston I'd often drive down to the Mystic River and watch the shadows, everything seemed simple, easy to resolve among the branches. Then recalling visits to Montreal in the long winters there, I remember walking by the wide inlet and seeing the snow look crisp like jagged shards of glass. With all that in mind I began sketching those places that offered a feeling of stillness, altering them to create a space that mirrored my memory, as well as a sense of balance. Looking at it now it seems so simple, literal even, I was in search of a quietness within and by building an accord with those places I found a way to reflect it in the work. Everyday Miracles is a body of work centering on the significance of the mundane. By drawing attention to the simple poetry of a moment, even something as prosaic as snow falling lightly onto the icy ground, can be unexpectedly alluring. These encounters have the ability to remove us from the chaos of daily life, if only for just an instant. Embedded in this work are deep concerns for internal memories and layers of information reflected in nature and patterns of the everyday. These intimate portrayals are enhanced by the vibrancy of the oils bringing texture and luminosity to the image. When you stop to look at something startling or peculiar, the relationship between your personal space and the subject becomes more private. In the same manner, the scale of this work shrinks to the viewer's immediate surroundings. There you are, in the moment.
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Gallery II Lori Schouela
I am interested in the transcending nature of consciousness and exposing its invisible elements. My paintings use playful and sensuous materials such as rose petals to explore and recreate the intangible energies of consciousness. These works take on a rich array of coalescing drips that inform the viewer of an ethereal transformation of suspended spirals. In this body of work I deconstruct the rose, a feminine icon of passion and splendor, to explore what lies beyond what is physically seen. The liquid medium finds its place in the chaos of its merging parts. I pour, wait and let things be. I am interested in mapping out the in between edges of the organic forms. The invisible becomes exposed. I have a deep interest in the intangible and unbounded where absence becomes visible. It's the creation of the imperceptible that interests me. Accidents and the unpredictable all play into it. There is a strong parallel between my process in making the work and the thought patterns of the mind. Both are in search for balance. My process is based on the understanding that there is harmony and interconnectedness in all things. The work for me is like finding stillness in a pool of chaos.
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