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S T O N E Y C O N L E Y
Alston Stoney Conley lives and works in Massachusetts and in Maine. Currently he is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Fine Arts Department at Boston College. A career painter, Conley has taught and lectured in New England and in New York. He has been the recipient of many awards and distinctions for his work. His paintings are contained in both Museum and Corporate collections. For many years Conley was interested in the fresco technique. Plaster is heavy, hard to move and easily damaged. He turned to painting on board, canvas and paper in oil and watercolor. Landscapes and Waterscapes of Venice, Italy and Maine will be on exhibit at the gallery this summer. These paintings reveal an interest in form and light. The Venice paintings are works done perhaps of the same scene at different times or the same time on different days. One becomes aware of the differences of the sky, nuances of the forms the buildings take and water at dawn or in the evening. Venice is an elegant port. These paintings echo a quiet reverence for their subject. The Maine paintings evoke a love and respect for the the beauty of coastal Maine. Mist and fog creep into the landscape as one imagines an early morning in a cove by the sea. The forms of trees delicately share the canvas with fingers of land and quiet water. Again the artist has spun an enchanting tale. |
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