ARTIST RECEPTION
Thursday, August 21
5-9 pm
during Gallery Night Providence
Patterns & Perspectives, will open at ArtProv gallery on August 12, 2014, and run through September 11, 2014. An artist reception will be held from 5 pm to 9 pm on August 21st during Gallery Night Providence. The gallery will be open Tuesdays - Fridays, 11 am - 2 pm or by appointment.
Patterns & Perspectives will feature the work of four artists:
Marjorie Hellman, whose both descriptive and abstract work is responsive to what
she sees. While the natural world has provided her with many points of departure over
the years, since moving to Providence, she draws on her urban environment – the relationship of architecture, water, and reflected light – to inspire the shapes and color
of her current work.
Nick Paciorek, who is drawn to major metropolitan areas for the interplay between figures, architecture, light and color that continually shift from dawn til dusk. Large cities with active skylines, busy streets, and hard edges are one of his favorite subjects.
Jeff Schneider, a New York artist whose figures aim to leave viewers puzzled about the meaning between relationships and question the nature and possibility of unity through representational and abstract concepts.
Nina Weiss, a landscape painter who’s inspired by the vast open spaces and cornfields of the Midwest farmlands. She translates the intensity and power of nature’s rhythm, forms, colors, and light into her paintings, drawing the viewer into a heightened vision of gesture and hue.
Fiber Works will feature the textile works of four artists:
Michelle Sirois-Silver, whose textile designs imply the subjects rather than state them directly. Her works feature a variety of techniques – including hand hooking, screen print and stitch – and materials that inform one another layer upon layer.
Mary Jane Andreozzi, who is inspired by the grace, strength, and beauty of the natural world. Her fiber pieces, made with a variety of textiles from hand dyed wool to recycled fabric, are created by a traditional textile technique passed down from generations of women who used old worn clothing cut into rags to create rugs.
Judith Larzelere, an art quilt innovator whose signature style combines machine strip piecing and machine strip quilting, creates abstract works that emphasize color interaction and movement. They have great impact when viewed at a distance, and reveal detail and nuance upon closer inspection. 