Galatea Fine Art announces the “NEW ENGLAND COLLECTIVE III” Annual Juried Exhibition. Click here to read and download the prospectus.

 

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ARNOLD TRACHTMAN: MEMORIES OF LYNN, MA

Mr. Trachtman surveys the vaults of memory in these paintings, most of which are based on his childhood in Lynn, MA., and the denizens of his growing up. One finds in these works a reflection of the familiar and the family, steeped in deep recollection of their environments. Consequently, in addition to his rendering of family members, is the documentation of the buildings and businesses, and general high energy of a stunning day on the street. The viewer can hear the honks of the horns and the conversations of passers by.

 

The artist is well known for his works centering on subjects of social consciousness; those that deal directly with the Reagan Administration and the Holocaust, etc. In the works of his upcoming exhibition at Galatea Fine Art we find an inner reflection of the artist’s roots; memories of what shapes the content of his early forming consciousness and direction of thought. The social awareness of the artist is not lost, nor is it hidden; it is translated in terms of personal sojourn and the memoirs of those he holds righteously sacred.

CYNTHIA MAURICE: COLOSSUS

My starting point are cut flowers.  I seem to be attracted to shifting relationships, complexities of the everyday.  I choose materials that are quick, dirty and impossible to erase.
Cynthia Maurice

 

“Cynthia Maurice’s drawings appear to be caught in the eye of a storm, balancing energies of quiet, meditative observation and emotional offerings.  They are at once sensuous and blatantly powerful.”
Marjorie Kaye, Director, Galatea Fine Arts Gallery

 

“In Cynthia Maurice’s exhibit, Colossus, one enters a mythical world where nature is not to be trusted. Her orchids and coleus plants are excessive, greedy in their urges to survive. Ms Maurice uses shifts in scale, combining her interest in clusters with architectural forms. Her drawings pervert even the most innocent of viewers with their ravenous beauty”
Masha Obolensky.”Huntington Theatre Fellow 2011 – 2013″

RUTH LaGUE: HORIZONS

Landscape in its barest form.

 

For me, landscapes represent fragments of time that will never be again; intimate moments shared with something greater than myself; quiet meditations to which I bear witness. They compel me to paint. I choose to paint with beeswax (encaustic) because it is an exciting medium to create with, requiring attention, manipulation, spontaneity. And — like nature itself — it can be unpredictable. This element of uncertainty actually frees me as an artist; I must give up a certain amount of control to the medium itself and the element of fire that’s needed to bring the finished work into existence. I continue to learn from and be inspired by this