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Email PageSmall Sizes – Precious Pieces
November 29, 2006- December 30, 2006
Reception: December 2, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Lisa Caballero, Sheila Cantrell, Judy Evans, Curtis Kelly, Janet Laird-Lagassee, Nancy Bea Miller, Cora Ogden, Jeanne Rovegno, Michael Schweigart, Jeffrey Vaughn
Sherry French Gallery
601 W 26th St Jacqueline Gnott Green Apples (2006) |
A collection of "small but mighty" paintings and sculptural works, the artists included in this show visually explore the indisputable relationship between size and intimacy. In these works, the sense of revelation and invention is instantaneous and not over-considered. These smaller-scale works are seductive as purely precious entities, while also making a statement of acute awareness in a unique way, evoking a sense of comfort and familiarity.
Artists participating in the show include Sheila Cantrell, Judy Evans, Jacqueline Gnott, Curtis Kelly, Janet Laird-Lagassee, Victor Leger, Nancy Bea Miller, John Morrell, Cora Ogden, Jeanne Rovegno, Michael Schweigart and Jeffrey Vaughn.
Realist painter, Sheila Cantrell encourages her viewer to take a closer at ordinary objects that possess a beauty we often overlook. "Often the key to finding beauty nearby is simply to take a closer look," says Cantrell. There is one object that Cantrell selects for her paintings and all other objects are based around the primary. Color and size become important once the main object has been selected. The realism in her paintings comes into play with the idea of small sizes and the intimacy between objects.
Janet Laird-Lagassee is another realist painter participating in the show. Laird-Lagassee has an interest in taking objects and introducing them into a new environment; it is in this way that an object comes to life in a way never imagined. "Still life and landscape, one is not more inspiring than the other, but rather each presents its own story, its own challenge; each generates its own moment in time and place in the universe," says Laird. Each object narrates a story through which Laird-Lagassee is the author. The mood of each painting is designed through the color scheme, tone, value, composition that Laird-Lagassee chooses to use. The subjects of her paintings are picked for the level of inspiration that they offer; whether a pill of stones, a flower, or a patch of pumpkins, Laird-Lagassess is able to bring out the best in all things. "When I am painting, I am 'in' the painting, part of its moment in time and place of existence."
Nancy Bea Miller is another artist participating in the show Small Sizes, Precious Pieces. So naturally placed are the still life set-ups that Miller paints, yet they suggest elegance and planning that only she could create. “I love the way things look, and I am sensitive to the emotional resonances that certain things have for me.” Though thriving in their color combinations, Miller chooses the objects in her paintings based on the mood and the emotions they evoke. “I think I never outgrew a childhood fancy: that everything around me, dolls, plates, cups, houseplants etc all had their own inner life, their own set of feeling and thoughts,” says Miller of her subject matter and paintings. Every space has life and every object is active and plays a role in the genuinely simplistic nature of the paintings of Nancy Bea Miller.
So take a closer look at these precious works presented at the Sherry French Gallery. They are sure to delight the senses in the grandest of ways.
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