FRANCES McGUIRE

OAK BLUFFS Acrylic on canvas
Covid came. Trump was still President. I read the news all day long. I get the paper New York Times; I get it on the phone. I work in a studio in Yonkers. At first I kept going to my studio because it is isolated but the hallways are not. So I came home to work. Back to the southern facing windowed small room where I had painted for years alone.
I wanted to read the children’s book Madeline again. I wanted to listen to Penny Lane. I was looking for the post war Europe optimism or at least through the lens of what I thought was European post war optimism which was the cultural influence of my childhood with the exception being the Oz books written by L. Frank Baum who was an American.
I wanted simplicity and innocence. I wanted out.
So I let go. I just started painting things that I wanted to paint again anyway.
DANIELLE MULCAHY
PAINTING : YOUR DAY IS MY NIGHT

JUSTEN AHREN
Crawl Inside The Trees To Sleep
WENDY WELDON
Painting
ARTIST STATEMENT 2020
My process in the studio begins with spontaneity. I don’t plan what the painting will look like. I begin by drawing shapes and brushing on lots of rich color. I add lines and change up the values and hues. The process is intuitive.
Recognizable images emerge. Rectangular shapes sometimes resembling barns, circular stone shapes, architectural elements, and birds all play a role. These initial shapes may disappear and reappear throughout the process. Recently, these objects are buried in layers of paint and gel, leaving a distant memory of anything recognizable. The energy of these objects remains in the painting however! At some point in the process there is a conscious composition, the work becomes more deliberate. I add layers of paint and gels, I sand parts, creating textures and depth, opacity and transparency.
My goal is to make the painting convincing. I want a peacefulness to the work and at the same time I want tension and strength. I love to paint and I want to share my joy with the viewer. Most importantly, I want my work to be original and fresh. I strive to give the viewer a new way to look at the world. These days with the pandemic touching the lives of millions throughout the world, I find fear, sadness, compassion and distress governing my process. My paintings start with chaos. I vacillate whether I want to leave the disorder and confusion or whether I will bring in a sense of peace and quiet. My work is a way of trying to understand the world.
BARBARA KASSEL
Painting

The Plague, oil on linen on panel, 40″ x 30″, 2020
I’ve been asked why I paint what I paint. I think it is more a matter of what emerges than what I plan. My impulses are more metaphorical than realistic and I often mix various landscapes, interiors and still lives. I like to combine imagery from the past such as Italian frescoes and the ancient mosaics of Pompeii with contemporary objects and locations. Working this way allows a fluid play between objects and their surroundings. I hope to establish a dynamic balance between the aesthetic and the emotional in my paintings.
LYNN CHRISTOFFERS
Photography


SALLY COHN
Photography
JOAN LeLACHEUR
Jewelry


RICHARD LIMBER
Painting
RICHARD LIMBER
Photography, Mixed Material

BELLA
Painting
SUSAN PUCIUL
New Years Greeting Card

OPEN EVERY DOOR
BASIA JAWORSKA
Multimedia

PROTECT HER
