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January/February 2018

SCIENTIFICALLY MOVING: HIGLEY DRAWS US IN

// Current Issue, Exhibits, Issue Articles, January/February 2018, Review, Visual Arts

REVIEW KATE HIGLEY: PAINTING BENEATH THE SURFACE GATEWAY GALLERY GREAT BAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE 320 CORPORATE DRIVE PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE THROUGH MARCH 2 by Linda Chestney Living life on the edge artistically — that’s how I describe Kate Higley. She pushes past fear, embraces change and lives life large. She has the unusual ability to enliven the right brain and left brain simultaneously. Higley — whose experience is diverse — loves art and loves biology. But for practical reasons early on in her life, she chose to study nursing. She immersed herself in biology, anatomy and physiology, ultimately working alongside surgeons where she was spellbound by the intricacies and colors of the human body. She was mesmerized with blood traveling through vessels, which caused organs and structures to pulse in extraordinary color. Absorbingly fascinating. Over her career, … [Read more...] about SCIENTIFICALLY MOVING: HIGLEY DRAWS US IN

ON THE EDGE: STORROW’S EVOLUTION OF STYLE

// Current Issue, Exhibits, Issue Articles, January/February 2018, Review, Visual Arts

REVIEW NANCY STORROW: EDGELAND NEXT STAGE GALLERY 15 KIMBALL HILL PUTNEY, VERMONT THROUGH FEBRUARY 13 by Marguerite Serkin Nancy Storrow does not take her artistic vision for granted. She finds her inspiration in the hills and natural landscape of Southern Vermont, where she has made her home for over 50 years. In Storrow’s current exhibition, “Edgeland,” on view at the Next Stage Gallery in Putney, Vermont through February 13, the artist has offered an opportunity for a rare retrospective of her work, conveying a subtle evolution of her stylistic approach over the years. “For the past 10 or so years, I’ve worked with pastel and graphite,” Storrow shared during a recent interview. “I shifted from watercolor and woodcut prints, then to oil and oil paint sticks, and then to pastel and graphite. I have always preserved WHITE as space or air,” Storrow added, “but … [Read more...] about ON THE EDGE: STORROW’S EVOLUTION OF STYLE

WHY KNOT?: NEW BEDFORD’S FIT TO BE TIED

// Current Issue, Issue Articles, January/February 2018

THOU SHALT KNOT: CLIFFORD W. ASHLEY NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM 18 JOHNNY CAKE HILL NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH JUNE 2018 by Don Wilkinson In the 19th century, during a time of unprecedented opportunity and prosperity created by whaling and related endeavors — such as whale oil refinement — the City of New Bedford flourished. At one time, it was among the richest cities in the world. And with the wealth that the Yankee gentry had acquired, something else grew: a desire for the finer things in life, including architectural masterpieces of Victorian architecture, superbly crafted furniture, musical instruments and fine art. The 1800s saw the cultural ascension of a number of significant painters born in New Bedford and the surrounding towns of Acushnet and Fairhaven, including Albert Pinkham Ryder, William Bradford, Clement Nye Smith and Albert Bierstadt (born in … [Read more...] about WHY KNOT?: NEW BEDFORD’S FIT TO BE TIED

CUTTING-EDGE ART: SILVERMAN AT CONCORD

// Current Issue, Issue Articles, January/February 2018, Visual Arts

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT SEMBLANCES OF PLACE CONCORD CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS 37 LEXINGTON ROAD CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS JANUARY 11 THROUGH FEBRUARY 10 by Lisa Mikulski A closer look at Betsy Silverman’s work reveals more than what you think you see. This Massachusetts artist creates highly detailed and beautifully vibrant scenes of Boston using only carefully selected and assembled pieces of paper cut from recycled magazines. Not a single brush stroke of paint, nor a hand-drawn line from a pen, exists here. The selections of paper Silverman uses to build these cityscapes are based not only upon elements of color, hue, texture and quality, but also for the individual text and content which allow her to create a multilayered visual story. It is an exercise in delight for one’s eye to explore her work and discover what lays in wait there — the red seating from Fenway becomes … [Read more...] about CUTTING-EDGE ART: SILVERMAN AT CONCORD

ICE, ICE BABY: EXPEDITIONS AT ESTEY

// Current Issue, Issue Articles, January/February 2018, Visual Arts

GALLERY SPOTLIGHT EXPEDITIONS: FROM ICELAND TO THE GOBI DESERT PAULA ESTEY GALLERY 3 HARRIS STREET NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS FEBRUARY 1 THROUGH MARCH 10 by Brian Goslow “Expeditions: From Iceland to the Gobi Desert,” featuring work by Lisa Lebofsky, Lisa Goren, Will Nourse, Katherine Richmond and David Stone, can be seen from February 1 through March 10 at the Paula Estey Gallery in Newburyport, Mass. “Expeditions” occurs as the gallery nears its fourth anniversary this April. “Over these short years, we have had solo and two-person exhibitions, as well as group shows,” Estey noted. “In the past 18 months, our shows have become much more thematic, drawing upon my own desires to expand my client-base’s exposure to contemporary art, and to open us all to the collaborative nature of art, when curated into a meaningful narrative.” Estey makes no bones about the fact … [Read more...] about ICE, ICE BABY: EXPEDITIONS AT ESTEY

A CLEAR REFLECTION: CHISHOLM AT ENDICOTT

// Current Issue, Issue Articles, January/February 2018, Visual Arts

REVIEW JAMES CHISHOLM: REFLECTIONS: OCEAN WAVES, INLAND STREAMS CAROL GRILLO GALLERY ENDICOTT COLLEGE WALTER J. MANNINEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 376 HALE STREET BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH FEBRUARY 8 by James Foritano Driving homeward from Endicott College’s North Shore campus toward Boston, keeping time with the traffic’s imperative to move this car — this metal carapace — along, or risk being moved rudely by a sudden bump from behind or the side, both unpleasant, I thought of the slow time I’d experienced on assignment in the Walter J. Manninen Art Center’s Carol Grillo Gallery. A handful of oil paintings explores with impressionist punctiliousness the way light flickers and gilds, sluices or merely dampens at edges the woods and fields along the banks of the Ipswich River — depending on the year, the season, the time of day. “Handful” is a good word for the … [Read more...] about A CLEAR REFLECTION: CHISHOLM AT ENDICOTT