Portfolio

The work I am doing now has everything to do with those early interactions between my hands, my being, and the exterior world. My hands and thoughts have been the bridge between the worlds, even the fact that I still prefer to write on this white page with a soft lead pencil is evidence of the same basic tendency. Whenever I was sick, lying in bed with the Book of Knowledge encyclopedia spread about me, cutting paper into smaller pieces and stapling them together to make small books into which I would transcribe drawings of monkeys, etc. Hours spent happily reading or making art are still primary pleasures for me.

It has taken several years for the Berkshire based artist, Robert Henriquez, to create a series of images, involving some twenty to thirty layers, developed entirely as digital vector files. There is no photography or scanning involved in creating these works of art. Because of the unique technique images may be blown up to billboard scale with no loss of resolution. Henriquez was formerly the associate producer for the CBS Cultural and Religious Unit.

The North Adams based painter, Thor Wickstrom, is showing through January at the popular Main Street artist's hangount Cup and Saucer. His works range from imaginative exprssionist figurative paintings through views of Paris and the Berkshires.

Over the past 6 years, design elements and details have been added to the now grand Art Deco Coolidge Corner Theatre. This is a case of certainly getting better rather than just getting older.

Enpsychophilia is a contrived encyclopedia composed of random, unrelated, personal, historical, factual and fantasy images imbedded in or on a two dimensional plain. This project, like others, is ongoing and will take approximately 10 years to produce encompassing a large body of diverse drawings.

The Chicago based artist and fashion designer, Nick Cave, a former dancer in the Alvin Ailey Company, creates elaborate costumes from found materials which are activated in ritual performances. This Profile is presented in collaboration with United States Artists (USA) and the film company City Projects.

While still a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, the New Orleans born collage artist, Lorna Williams, evoked rave reviews for her exhibition at the Judi Rotenberg Gallery in Boston. Her current show is on view there through March 1.

The Provincetown based artist, Jay Critchley, whose work is currently on view in the Mills Gallery of the Boston Center for the Arts, combines social and environmental concerns with originality and humor. He gets us to laugh and think about issues that aren't all that funny. Critchley is represented by artSTRAND in Provincetown.

The Boston based artist paints fire as a potent metaphor for an enflamed world. She also explores other media such as dye heat steamed into silk.