Opening: March 4, 6:00-9:00 pm
Third Thursday: March 18, 6:00-9:00 pm
3 mid career women painters using patterns in various ways in their artwork.
Come enjoy the fabulous artwork, spectacular views of the Boston Harbor & music by Max Cohen.
Laura "Lola" Baltzell who is a self-taught artist, inspired by "primitive" textiles, nature and symbols. Her unique combination of symbols and vivid color create a dynamic style she calls “Primitive Pop”. Color is her muse, and it and brings her visceral bliss. She makes extensive use of patterns that fill her work with meaning. Baltzell is inspired by nature and feels a spiritual connection between art-making and her practice of yoga and meditation which bring freedom from the analytical, critical mind. Angela Di Bella of the Agora Gallery writes of Baltzell's work "A passion for humanity exists in the complex expressive form and inferences." Her work is in private & corporate collections, including Boston Medical Center, Segue Software and Interaction Corporation.
Karen Kemp’s unique style in printmaking incorporates origami papers through a technique called chin colle. She also translates the use of patterns into her paintings to create a dynamic composition. The charming yet evocative effect has the quality of vintage wallpaper. Kemp studied at Rhode Island School of Design, and is represented by Danette Koke Fine Art in New York, NY, Chameleon Gallery in Newburyport, MA, and Carroll & Sons, Boston, MA. She received a Painting Fellowship to the Vermont Studio School in 2003. Her artwork has become a part of private and corporate art collections.
Maureen O'Connor uses patterns in her still lifes to help the flow of her compositions much the same way Cezanne and Matisse did, artists whom O'Connor admires. She has a handful of favorite pieces including a 1960's inspired psychedelic floral and a powder blue Marimekko pattern she has used for 20 years. Her work is both poignant and whimsical and is sometimes compared to Takashi Murakami. She differs in her approach though, in that she directly observes her subjects in the north light of her East Boston studio. Favorite subjects include a pair of ceramics duck given to her by the French mother of an old roommate, a gumball machine, cookies & candy. Randi Hopkins, curator at the Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art has called O'Connor "a masterful painter of things we love, like candy". O'Connor's work is in the collection of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Fidelity Investments, Boston Medical Center and Biogen Idec among others. It appeared in the the David Mamet Production, Lipservice, filmed in Boston. Represented by Wonderful Gallery, Freeport, Maine
Fridays and Saturdays 2-6 pm and by appointment
Free and handicapped accessible.
Begun in 2003, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston’s Collaborative Space for Art and Ideas, is a member- op-erated gallery located on the top floor of 80 Border Street on the waterfront of East Boston. It is T- accessible (near the Maverick T stop on the Blue Line), and parking is usually ample.