As we continue our season series ,“COMING OUT 2021”, we will feature Cross Rip Gallery artists Leslie Kramer and Ellen C. Davies, July 14th-July 28th, in our front gallery room and display the work by Suzanne M. Packer, Kate Nelson, Richard O. Perry, Hollis Fortune, Tom Wilson Jones, John Howard, Georgene Riedl, Alla Zbinovsky, Eveline Luppi and Sally S. Fine in the the other gallery rooms. Please join us at the opening reception on Friday, July 16th either at the Preview: 1 pm-4 pm,or at “Meet The Artists” with refreshments 5 pm-7 pm.
ELLEN C. DAVIES:
Artist Statement:
I am rediscovering an avocation I once enjoyed many years ago. My work has become more abstract usually with the suggestion of flowers or seascapes. I have been exploring the relationship between abstract and representational.
My style is rather unique with its ethereal blend of colors used effectively to subtly portray my favorite subjects. I am more interested in capturing the effects of luminosity than in accurately recording a subject seen I light and shadow. By experimenting with new techniques and products, I can break free from some old habits and patterns.
And finally I realise, as with all creative work, there are no hard fast rules, except the ones you make yourself.
For a visit with Ellen C. Davies in her studio, please watch this:
https://vimeo.com/334904924
LESLIE KRAMER:
Brief resume:
Leslie Kramer received her MFA in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design and she studied printmaking for one year at Stanley Hayter’s Atelier 17 in Paris, France. One-woman shows and group shows have been in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania and New Mexico. Her prints are in the collections of The DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, the Boston Public Library, the Albuquerque, New Mexico Public Library, and numerous private collections. Her monoprints and etchings incorporate her interest in nature and the man-made as she employs innovative and sophisticated techniques. For 26 years, she taught printmaking and was gallery director at Elmira College in Elmira, NY. She has also taught at Smith College, Northampton, MA and The Rhode Island School of Design. During the summer of 1999, she was Artist in Residence at Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France. She has received awards from The DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Mass., and several Elmira College Faculty Development Awards. She has taught printmaking workshops at several colleges and museums in the Northeast and at Atelier du Livre in Montolieu, France. She currently lives and works out of her studio on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Statement:
Leslie Kramer is an artist who makes original prints inspired by nature, the landscape of her travels, real and imagined stone structures, and letterforms of many alphabets. She is interested in creating a dialogue beween the past and present, representation and abstraction.
For a sampling of Leslie Kramer’s work, please click on this link:
https://youtu.be/LFru_OBfQmw