REVIEW BIOMORPHIC ALCHEMY: KAY HARTUNG + MICHELLE LOUGEE ARTSPACE MAYNARD 63 SUMMER STREET MAYNARD, MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH MAY 18 “Biomorphic Alchemy,” the second joint exhibit of Kay Hartung and Michelle Lougee, presents works inspired by life forms closely observed and fancifully imagined. Hartung studied photographs from electron microscopes and uses them as a jumping-off point in producing intricate, multi-layered, abstract paintings depicting cellular sub-organisms. The surface texture and the richness of her colors come from successive applications of encaustic, pot pastels and pigment stick. Lougee uses simplified forms referencing phytoplankton, zooplankton, and imagined cells in a drop of water to construct playful sculptures realized primarily in post-consumer plastic bags. Kay Hartung’s thematic paint-ing series — “Bio Patterns,” “Entanglements,” “Bio Flow,” … [Read more...] about MICROCOSMS OF LIFE: ARTSPACE MAYNARD’S BIOMORPHIC ALCHEMY