October 2 – November 2
Reception October18, 5
– 7 PM
Spencer’s drawings
investigate gaze as an extension of the heart and a porthole to the past; Fine-Wilson’s
sculptures explore visual history and expand a sense of reach.
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| Sara Fine-Wilson, From the Core, mixed media Sculpture |
Sara
Fine-Wilson’s current body of work explores the idea and process of breaking
things down and rebuilding them multiple times, as way to create history in
visual form. Evidence of where things may have been connected through smudges,
smears and stains indicate the passing of time. Material like wax, plaster,
epoxy and construction adhesive are raw, oozy, chalky and refer to what lies
under the surface of constructed forms. Part of the process of making this work
was to crack, drop, and deconstruct various elements and use the resulting detritus
as raw material which the artist then reassembled, combining materials in a
visual and directional flow. In this work
she is particularly interested in sculpturally mapping time and creating a
sense of reach.
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| Mary Spencer, Jack Singing in the Wind, charcoal on paper |
Mary
Spencer’s drawings provide what the glance of an eye cannot….a porthole into
the past, a means of more fully understanding the present, and an inspiration
for meditations, fantasies. Drawing conveys an emotional quality, a feel beyond
the capture of a camera lens; the hand charges an image with energy, beauty or
ugliness. The human gaze is the extension of the heart and mind. The face can
gape, glare, and gloat. Emotions filter through a face. For this series Spencer
has chosen to limit her subject to eye-engaging men from various occupations,
as a way to have a conversation with them. What are they silently saying?
About
the Artists
Sara
Fine-Wilson is an artist
and teacher who works primarily in sculpture and also in photography and
painting. She earned a BFA fromThe
Maryland Institute college of Art with a Major in Ceramics, a Master of Science
in Art Education from Massachusetts College of Art and a MFA in Ceramics at The
University of the Arts in Philadelphia.PA.
She was a resident artist at The Worcester Center for Crafts. She Her
work has been shown at The Concord Art Association, Fitchburg Art Museum, Danforth
Museum of Art, Gallery 540 at Urban Outfitters World Headquarters. She is an
associate member of the Fountain Street Fine Art Gallery in Framingham Ma where
her work is represented regularly. She currently teaches Ceramics and painting.
She works from her studio in Millbury, Massachusetts, where she lives with her
husband Bruce and her dog Arlo.
A
Natick, Massachusetts resident, Mary Spencer received her BS from Nazareth
College of Rochester, New York and her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield
Hills, Michigan. She taught at Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology
in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Spencer has received an ART Grant, a Natick
Cultural Council Grant, and a Massachusetts Artists Fellowship in Drawing, the
Blanche E. Coleman Award and Fellowships to Yaddo, The Millay Colony for the
Arts and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Her work has been shown throughout New
England, New York, the Mid-West, Cuba and South Africa. Her work is in the
collections of the Boston Athenaeum, the Decordova Museum, the Boston Public
Library, and numerous corporate and private collections.
