David Schell’s work is currently on display in Oxbow’s back Gallery show “Tricennium” until May 24th!
Schell’s recent work is about what’s not there and how the remaining form interact with absence. His paintings investigate the idea that context, shape, color and perception are intimately linked to one another..
Kathy Ford’s solo-show “Seen and Unseen” is on display in Oxbow’s front gallery until May 24th! Come see it!
Kathy states “Seeing what lives in the spaces between things is exciting for me. I like to think of this process as discovering order. Within composition, handwork, or machine stitching, the ‘unseen’ that emerges happens most naturally in slow motion, most often as I am moving back and forth between two developing quilts and allowing time to do its work too.”
Cyndy Sperry’s piece, Procession, is part of a sketchbook translation into large collage format that began long ago playing The Royal Game of Ur. The piece incorporates woodblock prints, silkscreen imagery, charcoal figure drawings, painted papers, and leftover student work from the summer program at Sugarhill Art. The New England boreal forest, rocky Maine Coast, paintings by Edward Hicks, lions of the Ishtar Gate and Processional Way from Babylon weave into the work as well as many walks in the woods and river swims alone and in good company.
Oxbow Gallery member Sperry’s work is on display in the back gallery group show, “Tricennium”.
Image: Cyndy Sperry, “Trumpeter of the Hussars”
Jason Travers, Swindlewish, 20”x16”, Oil on canvas
Come see work by Travers in Oxbow’s back gallery show, “Tricennium”. Come see it Thursday though Sunday from noon to five!
Jason Travers began painting in a tradition firmly committed to the landscape. Following in the custom of the Impressionists, he studied light and color differences embodied in plein air painting. Though literal references to nature have diminished, his paintings are still rooted in the experience of contemplating the landscape.
Bonnie Ashmore’s @bonniejashmore work is currently on display in Oxbow’s back gallery show “Tricennium”, until May 24th. Come see this special group show displaying the works of 5 American University Grads, 30 years later.
In the front gallery, see the work of Kathy Ford @a.quiltmakers.way in her show, “Seen and Unseen”
Image: Bonnie Ashmore, ‘All Good’, Casein, 2025, acrylic and Wax Medium on Cradled Gessoboard
This piece is by Joanne Dunn whose work is currently on display in Oxbow’s back gallery group show “Tricennium” until May 24th.
Dunn is an artist and arts educator who teaches Ceramics at The Fenn School in Concord, MA. She paints in a small nook of a paintins tudio in West Concord. For many years she helped her painter friend and Oxbow Gallery member Cyndy Sperry in running Sugarhill Art, a summer arts program for kids ir Chesterfield, MA. These summers were a big part of her artistic development- being with kids in nature, long forest hikes, and lots of drawing and painting from observation.
Sculpture classes at Harvard Ceramics have also been a big part of Joanna’s life since 2019, and this past year she had the opportunity to tr wood-firing for the first time, when she fired some of her animal sculptures at Canton Clayworks in Canton, CT. In her sculptures she has beer exploring themes of predator/prey and Aesop’s Fables.
This piece is by David Schell as part of the exhibit “Tricennium” in Oxbow’s back gallery. Schell is one of the 5 artists whose work is featured in this show, which represents 30 years since they all completed their MFA’s at American University.
Schell currently works in Portland Oregon and in addition to being a working artist, he also created “The Semi-Finalist”, a painting-centric blog that features interviews by Schell and columns by Benjamin Terrell. See the link in our bio to view the blog!
His work will be on display at Oxbow Gallery until May 24th. Come see it!
“Beech Party” by Kathy Ford, on exhibit in her show “Seen and Unseen” in Oxbow’s front gallery.
Ford states about her process, “I use fabric, thread, and the structure of quiltmaking to create abstract geometrics and/or representational collage, watching for what lives in the spaces between composition and stitching.”
We are so excited about Oxbow’s back gallery show “Tricennium”. This exciting group show will be on display until May 24th. Come see it!
📣Join us TODAY at Oxbow Gallery from 4 to 7 PM for the artist reception, which occurs as part of Easthampton City Art’s monthly art walk.
With works by Bonnie Ashmore, Joanna Dunn, David Schell, Cyndy Sperry, and Jason Travers, Tricennium is a celebration of 30 years of making art and community and connection. These 5 artists were privileged to be part of two classes that worked side by side in a warren of studios in the Cassel building at American University’s MFA program in the late 1990’s. The spirit of that time continues to carry through their work. They express deep grateful to have the time and space to show together.
Beginning TODAY in Oxbow’s front gallery: “Seen an Unseen” by Kathy Ford.
Come see Ford’s unique quilt work in this show exhibiting her recent works.
Ford states, “I use fabric, thread, and the structure of quiltmaking to create abstract geometrics and/or representational collage, watching for what lives in the spaces between composition and stitching.”
This month’s two vibrant solo-shows came to a close today. Between April 2nd and April 26th, the Front Gallery exhibited works by Katherine Weinstein in “Particle Theory”, and the Back Gallery exhibited works by Karen Evans “Holding Still”.
Thanks to everyone who made it into the gallery this month to view these works in person!
In “Particle Theory”, Weinstein continued to reinterpret her practice, based on her classical figurative training; embracing a freeness to refine rhythms as she discovers them and finding meaning in ambiguity.
In “Holding Still”, Evans shared a collection of her recent oil paintings. The title of her show refers to her practice of quieting her mind to better perceive both the outside world and the world created on the canvas.
Image 1: Karen Evans, Oil Painting
Image 2: Katherine Weinstein, “Shelter Two”, oil, craypas, charcoal, ink on canvas, 22 x 26 inches
🔔Tomorrow is the last day you can visit Oxbow Gallery and see Katherine Weinstein’s “Particle Theory”.
We’ll be open from 12 to 5 PM!
Don’t miss your chance to see this wonderful show!
