A Fine Beach Day -Ellen Kingsbury
Rye Marsh – Marcia Trahan
- Our gallery is open:
Wednesday-Saturday 10am – 5pm
Sunday 1pm – 4pm
- Body of Work exhibits by Ellen Kingsbury and Marcia Trahan are on display.
- April theme show Pure Poetry is on view.
- Our next reception is Friday April 14th 5-7pm for our Body of Work and Theme Show exhibits.
- The Mar/Apr SAA Newsletter is available for reading.
- The 2023 Theme Show Schedule is available.
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Writing about first prize winner Sydney Thomas’s oil painting, ‘At the Mirror II,’ Chris says, “Though I was initially taken with the unusual, deftly executed composition of the figure and her surroundings, it was the subtle touch of where the figure’s attention is anchored that charmed me the most. For although beauty is the central motif, it’s the beauty of the flowers the figure is admiring, rather than her own image, which adds a gentle lyrical twist and suggests a larger narrative outside the frame.”
Second prize winner, oil and cold wax painting “Purple Mountain” by Lynn Krumholz, “smolders with ominous intensity that activates the whole work,” he wrote. “The near monochrome stark contrasts and subtle gradations of dark and light have a direct, elemental quality that pulls the viewer further and further into contemplation.”
Kevin Talbot’s photograph on canvas ‘Mount Washington Observatory’ which won third prize “jumped off the wall at me because of its stark darkness, unusual color modulations and striking drama. The overall strangeness of the image rather than being off-putting, slowly reveals the unfamiliar character that our world assumes at its extremes.”
Honorable Mention winner oil painting “The Sheep” by Adele Buchwald “reflects the artist’s sensitive and intuitive ability to translate the life of animals into art,” says Chris. “These three amigos have an abundance of character that never becomes excessive, reminding us that the remarkable awaits under the surface of the everyday. Lovely rendering and tonalities in the rustic setting as well.”
All the leaves in the other Honorable Mention winner acrylic and watercolor monoprint, ‘Letting Go’ by Heather Crowley, are hand painted with acrylic directly on the actual leaf and then printed onto the watercolor paper. Chris says, “I felt a strong sense of spirituality in this mandala-like composition. The addition of fiery braids adds intriguing intensity to a subtle vision of the Tree of Life.”
