July 03, 2010
Micael Rich and Shandra McLane Opening July 7
CENTER SANDWICH; Michael Rich’s “Intimate Landscapes” in mixed media are beautifully complimented by Shandra McLane’s “Fire and Ice” in glass. Both artists explore light, color and form as they work in two different media. Their exhibits will open on July 7th at Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, 69 Maple Street in Center Sandwich,
Rhode Island artist, Michael Rich has exhibited at Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery for the past seven years. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and Savannah College of Art & Design, his work continues to fascinate and intrigue. An abstract artist, Rich has always been interested in painting land and sea. A practitioner of yoga, his work invites us to join him in meditations on color and form.
“My paintings and drawings of the past decade have explored through the language of abstraction the notion of place. Places once visited, invented or discovered, vaguely take shape in the colors of space and light.
The gray skies of Providence, the expanses of sky and sea surrounding Nantucket Island, the warm of New England Fall, are subjects now mined in my work. In an effort to understand my own place among these fleeting images, I seek a language that draws on personal history as well as the history of painting while forging a new path between abstraction and the realization of the image of place.”
Michael Rich is exhibited in galleries across the country. His work is contained in museum, corporate and private collections.
Local artist Shandra McLane is new to Patricia Ladd Carega gallery. Her exquisite glass pieces are strong, sleek, playful and contemplative in their elegance. A native of California, McLane, now lives and teaches at her home in New Hampshire. She has studied glass technique both at Pilchuck School of Glass in Stanwood, Washington and at the Rhode Island School of Design. She has taught at Plymouth State University and also completed graduate studies there. McLane’s multiple and complex process results in work of stunning simplicity.
“Luminous, strong – clear, direct – delicate, yet bold. These complementary opposites in glass work are evident, both in the material itself and in the design and process I employ in my studio. Light, color, form and texture are combined at its essential core.
I come to glass by way of an interest in Scandinavian and Modernist design cultivated in my twenties. For me, the pleasure of the design, fabrication and finished piece, are the framework of a life filled with beautiful objects which make our lives richer and more meaningful. In this Scandinavian tradition, one finds an understated refinement, which is stylishly unobtrusive and accessible by all.”
….”I strive to create work that embodies elements of joy, integrity, practicality and , of course, aesthetics. “It is my hope that you and your family enjoy these pieces as much as I enjoyed creating them.”
Posted by: Patricia on July 03, 2010 at 01:18 pm.