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“Split Complement” Comes Together in Belfast
| “Split Complement” Comes Together in Belfast |
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| Editor: Brenda Bonneville | |
| Wednesday, 06 July 2011 | |
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(Image: "Bangor Afternoon" by Kerstin Engman) (Belfast, ME) Mid-coast painters and long-time friends Kerstin Engman and Jerri Finch join forces in “Split Complement,” a plein air exhibition opening Friday, July 22nd in Belfast. Running two consecutive weekends, the show features new oils manifesting Engman’s and Finch’s radically different but highly complementary visions of the Maine landscape. After twenty-five years as a figurative sculptor, Engman shifted disciplines and returned to a two-dimensional exploration begun as an undergrad at the Maine College of Art and the Rhode Island School of Design. Engman’s process involves manipulating her own digitally captured compositions until a certain light condition is struck and the sense of the territory is explained. From these studies come the subtle and enigmatic dotted paintings painstakingly created in her studio. “Concurrently, a separate body of work has focused on the mundane object seen or used daily. Through unconventional color assignment, I hope to encourage the viewer to perceive the subject intimately and as something more than ordinary,” says Engman, who also teaches in the University system.
(Image: “Burning Off” by Jerri Finch) Finch, after honing a decades-long career as an acrylic airbrush artist creating large corporate commissions, turned her sights inward and began an examination between color and light and brush strokes in much smaller oils. “I am surrounded by such inspiration. The ocean, my gardens and fields around my home offer a never-ending supply of possibilities,” says Finch standing in her studio. Her richly toned and lush studies of water, landscapes, flowers, and interiors are reflections and extensions of Finch’s surroundings. Figuring largely in her collection for this show are her gardens, which will also be the setting for the upcoming exhibition. The “Split Complement” exhibit at 33 Battery Road in Belfast runs weekends July 22nd through July 31st, and will be available for viewing Friday through Sunday from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. For more information please call 338-1060. |
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