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SUMMARY:Art Reception for September Art Show
DESCRIPTION:The library will present a new art show titled “Color!” --a 
 collaboration by painters Jill Finsen and Walter Smalling\, and ceramicist 
 Susan Finsen. The three Blue Hill Peninsula artists hope to spur observers 
 to consider how deeply color influences what we see\, remember\, and enjoy. 
 They say it can energize us\, calm us\, make us curious\, and make us 
 smile. The public is invited to a reception with the artists on Friday\, 
 September 4\, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. \n\nAbout her work\, Jill Finsen 
 offers\, “Rather than realistic hues and forms\, I use bold and imagined 
 color\, flattened planes\, and varying paint texture to invite the viewer 
 in through emotion. Painting from observation or memory\, I create 
 exaggerated objects and leave anchoring details unresolved within an 
 imagined space. You can roam the image for yourself\, entering where you 
 will\, and leaving with an experience that is both aesthetic and 
 affecting.”\n\nLike Jill Finsen\, Walter Smalling started with 
 photography\, his career for 50 years. He says\, “Painting was 
 liberating\, and it became a second career. The world of the Maine coast 
 never fails to excite and incite me\, but increasingly\, I have come to 
 create my own world as well. That included making the world any color I 
 chose! Color has become more important to me\, to leave behind the 
 objective physical world and invent my own ‘reality.’”\n\nSusan 
 Finsen says that\, for the last few years\, clay hand-building (not using a 
 pottery wheel) has been the medium of choice\, providing unlimited 
 opportunities for play and spontaneity and producing unexpected organic 
 forms and surfaces. According to Susan\, “‘Contemporary’ underglazes 
 and glazes offer a way to integrate abstract colorful imagery as I move 
 between minimalist and complex surfaces\, and between managed and organic 
 forms. Colors\, shapes\, and marks are created\, refined\, moved\, and/or 
 erased until I find the look and feel that interests and excites 
 me.”\n\nThe show will be available for viewing starting September 2\, 
 subject to the Howard Room meeting schedule. For more information\, contact 
 the library at 374-5515.\n\n
LOCATION:Howard Room
ORGANIZER;CN="Leda Beth Gray":MAILTO:development@bhpl.net
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CONTACT;CN="Leda Beth Gray":MAILTO:development@bhpl.net
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