On Exhibit

Jane Deering Gallery 19 Pleasant Street (next to Cape Ann Museum) Gloucester MA 01930 Details: September 7 – October 6, 2024Opening reception: Saturday, September 7, 4-6pmClosing reception: Sunday, October 6, 4-6pm Gallery hours: Friday and Saturday, 1-5pm, Sunday, 1-4pm, and by appointment “Intimate Infinities delves into transcendence through the lens of contemporary art,” said Jane […]

For friends in the Boston area, Waltham Open Studios happens this weekend. Stop by! This is the third year I have participated in this long running tradition. I was surprised by how much I have enjoyed meeting new people who are interested in looking at and talking about art. Deborah Barlow 144 Moody Street Building […]

. Anecdote of the Jar I placed a jar in Tennessee,  And round it was, upon a hill.  It made the slovenly wilderness  Surround that hill. The wilderness rose up to it,And sprawled around, no longer wild.  The jar was round upon the ground  And tall and of a port in air. It took dominion […]

Detail, Ellen Gallagher (full image is below) . “We are living through a moment” has become a code phrase for encountering yet another art installation or exhibit that puts art in service to a credo or ideology. Social justice, political identity, equality—these are all vital causes that matter, and matter deeply.  But a proclivity to […]

Interior characteristics often differ from surface qualities. A young ‘tween might be sassy and defiant, yet under the skin of these choices, she can possess a very sweet nature. Artwork is the same way. The visceral, visual qualities of the language can be as opaque as all the challenges we experience when we try to […]