April 14 to May 5, 2013

Green, Yellow, Blue

Closing Reception:   Friday, May 3, 6-8 p.m.

Participating Artists

Larry Blumsack Louise Halstead Eva Patalas
Juliette Carignan Janel Houton Amy Rindskopf
Christine Carter-Husk Susan Kottler Elaine Asplind Russell
Iris Chandler Kwan Kew Lai Christine Sandvik
Arlette Doherty Paula Metcalf Lazar           Melissa Shaak
Naomi Ellenberg-Dukas           Suzanne Lefebvre Sylvia Staag-Giuliano
Danette English Kathy Lobo Lee Strasburger
Cara Lai FitzGibbon Maria Lobo Jane Wentzell
Charles FitzGibbon Carolyn May Sharon Whitman
Lisa Gibalerio Sophia Mone Carol Wintle
Bert Halstead Darisse Paquette

 

 

 

A. Doherty

Since the end of the twentieth century, "The Green Movement" and "going green" have referred to the "Environmental Movement" and being "environmentally friendly".

 

 

right: Arlette Doherty, Awash with Blue, Yellow and Green, fiber and beads

 

 

S. Mone

 

 

Yellow is associated with gold, sunshine, reason, optimism and pleasure. It is also sometimes associated with envy, jealousy and betrayal.

Yellow pigment (yellow ochre) was used by cave artists in ancient times, and is still used by artists today.

 

left: Sophia Mone, LePrintemps, print

 

D. English

 

 

Blue pigment can be made from minerals such as lapis lazuli, cobalt and azurite. Blue Dyes have been made from plants such as wood and indigo.

 

right: Danette English, Vase Series #2, print

 

 

 

A.Rindskopf

K. Lobo

 

above: Amy Rindeskopf, Limes, photograph above, Kathy Lobo, Just in Time, paper