 Boston, MA. JEANNIE MOTHERWELL Profoundly Fun  Existential Crisis, acrylic on cradeled panel, 40″ x 30″ x 2″ M Fine Arts Galerie presents PROFOUNDLY FUN, a solo show of new abstract paintings by artist Jeannie Motherwell. The artist, who trained at Bard College and the Art Students League in NYC, finds inspiration in landscapes—earthly or otherwise. A New York City native, Motherwell spent countless seasons on Cape Cod, a place that continues to maintain a special place in her heart and oeuvre. Just as relevant to her work as the waves, the light, and the bay, are stars, galaxies, and nebulae. Indeed, the act of looking at a Motherwell is to be transported out of the room—in this case, a window-lined gallery in Boston’s SoWa Art & Design district. Where you end up is anyone’s guess.  Windward, acrylic on cradeled panel, 20″ x 60″ x 2″ “In exploring space, I try to make space. I am intrigued with complex and expansive space on a flat surface. The painting process I use creates the unexpected for me. By pouring and pushing paint, I can engage in the element of surprise, often using a bright and intense palette, or through my continued passion for black and white. In process, while editing, I employ undulating, bleeding, and layering, as my paintings are often inspired by the mysteries of outer space and what astronauts often refer to as “inner space” (the skies and the sea).” -Jeannie Motherwell PROFOUNDLY FUN features new works in acrylic and oil on clay boards, a fine porcelain surface upon which saturated hues spill, swirl, and seep, with rich contours feathering out into delicious white space.  Be Known, acrylic on cradeled panel, 48″ x 36″ x 2″ For the Silo, Madison Maushart. PROFOUNDLY FUN runs until October 31 M Fine Arts Galerie 460 Harrison Ave C24 Boston, MA 02118 |
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Channeling Female Faces Around the World through Art & For International Women’s Day
Julie Loeckx‘s colorful abstract artworks bring joy into any space, representing a kaleidoscopic universe brimming with zest for life and optimism. Using lines as influence, the endless experiment of color forms portraits with penetrating gazes and diverse emotions.
As a landscape architect with a Master’s in urban planning, she redesigned squares, streets and neighborhoods before entering project development. After discovering a box of watercolor paints in the attic, Julie experimented like an alchemist and abandoned her business life for a paintbrush.
Julie creates art with subtle nuances hidden in a poetic landscape, striking artifacts in an eclectic interior, drawing inspiration from colorful patterns on textile or jewelry. She finds external sources of inspiration: shopping windows, fashion, interiors, magazines, yet creates one recognizable signature in her artwork.
She uses painting as an outlet without boundaries and with a broad view of the world and in her paintings of women she channels feminism just in time for International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month.
She says, “Every woman is unique and scarred by life, resilient and determined, hesitant and searching, but always counting on a positive outcome. My paintings are sometimes bold and exuberant, or introspective and self-questioning, but always intense and passionate. They are a reflection of the woman behind the artist.”
Growing up as a daughter of two hippies and as a granddaughter of business people, she discovered painting at the age of 42 (mom of 3) and sold 100+ works, had national and international collaborations, including Levi’s Paint, and opened her own gallery in Antwerp in May 2022.
For the Silo, Kat Fleischman.