We are pleased to feature two well-known Cape Cod artists, Roe Osborn and Richard O. Perry from July 20th - August 16th, in the second exhibit of our season series, “Color Connections 2023” . The unique combination of Osborn’s & Perry’s artistic talents will present a captivating fusion of relief art, painting and sculpture from the perspective of two of Cape Cod’s most innovative creators.
Brewster artist Richard O. Perry is noted for his masterful ability to create intricate and dynamic three-dimensional artwork. His pieces evoke a sense of depth and movement, drawing viewers with a play of light into an immersive exploration of texture, color, and form.
About: RICHARD PERRY
Richard Ogden Perry has been exploring intaglio relief as an artistic medium since 1975, first in New York City and then on Cape Cod. His interest in relief was inspired by Egyptian reliefs at the Metropolitan Museum and research into visual perception. Richard’s reliefs combine elements of drawing, painting and sculpture to create 3 dimensional "holographic" illusions which change in appearance as the viewer moves and as the light on the reliefs change.
As a teenager, Richard learned photography from his father. Richard graduated from Brown University in 1966 (BS-AB chemistry/philosophy) and then paid his way through University of Pennsylvania law school photographing college graduation ceremonies. He also photographed anti Vietnam war demonstrations in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. and the 1969 Woodstock music festival.
In New York City during the 1970’s Richard studied drawing, painting and sculpture at the Art Students League, the New School and the Brooklyn Museum School and exhibited his initial reliefs at the Green Mountain Gallery in SoHo.
His reliefs are currently exhibited in the Boston Museum of Science and Cape Cod Museum of Art. In his spare time he makes wire sculptures and magnetic mobiles. He exhibits and sells his work through the Cross Rip Gallery in Harwichport, Mass.
Have a look at Richard Perry at work in his studio here:
https://youtu.be/vrFO3tn_lsg
Complementing Perry's relief art, Orleans artist Roe Osborn brings a diverse range of artistic talents to the exhibit. As a painter, builder, sculptor, photographer and musician, Osborn's paintings on view seamlessly blend traditional and contemporary techniques by melding his familiarity with shapes and interactions of materials into “architectural mini-shapes”.
Roe Osborn’s Artist Statement:
“Since graduating from college with a degree in fine arts nearly fifty years ago, my artistic expression has been mainly through sculpture in the form of abstract constructions. The primary focus of that work has been the process involved in its creation. In a sense the pieces have been performance based, where the goal is not the finished piece, but rather the experience of moving through the creative process.
Recently I rediscovered painting. As with my sculpture, my paintings are abstract, and as with my sculpture, the main focus of the paintings is the process of creating them: Preparing the medium, laying out the shapes and colors to be painted, then masking and painting the colors in a very prescribed regimen. Although most of my paintings are loosely based on real objects, they are not meant to be representational, but merely to depict the result of my creative process.
These paintings have also been a unifying element in my life. In the half century since I last painted creatively, I have been deeply involved in the building industry, both as a contractor, and later as a writer and photographer of construction practices. During that time I was always intrigued by the style and sophistication of joinery, from rudimentary framing to complex finish work. As I searched for a subject matter to use for my paintings, the shapes and interaction of materials from my building experience seemed to be a natural choice.
For each painting, I start with the concept of an “architectural mini-scape,” which could be an actual object from my experience, or a macro-view of a structural element. Next I render that subject matter in an axonometric view that creates a three-dimensional rendering without perspective. From there I further abstract the subject with interacting lines and angles, often including a related object. I assign colors sometimes based on light source, but sometimes completely at random.
I choose the colors for each painting from pre-compiled palettes, with accent colors often added at the end. The paint I use is acrylic interior house paint applied to primed construction-grade plywood panels. The frameless paintings are meant to be mounted parallel to the display plane, and I have devised a stand-off system that allows the paintings to be viewed in any orientation.”
As part of our “Color Connections 2023” season series we will continue to display work by Barbara Cohen, Ellen C. Davies, Sally S. Fine, Hollis Fortune, John Howard, LESLIE KRAMER, Kate Nelson, Suzanne M. Packer, Heather Pilchard, Georgene Riedl, and Alla Zbinovsky in the the other gallery rooms.
Please join us at the opening reception for Roe Osborn & Richard O. Perry on Friday, July 21st either at the Preview: 1 pm-4 pm, or at “Meet The Artists” with refreshments 5 pm-7 pm served outside in the garden.