Worcester Roots Exhibit
Works by: Terry Lamacchia, RJ Grady and Gedas Paskauskas
The Krikorian Gallery - September 30 to November 6, 2021
Works by: Terry Lamacchia, RJ Grady and Gedas Paskauskas
The Krikorian Gallery - September 30 to November 6, 2021
Terry Lamacchia I have been incorporating photographic imagery into my recent paintings. Bridges, tunnels, and roads, shot with a painter's eye, are abstracted with heightened color and cropping. When printed on canvas, they resemble paintings. United by color and structure, photographic and painted canvases are joined together. A dialogue between photograph and paint dissolves their boundaries as I paint, creating a hybrid image that engages the viewer. The subject matter functions on both narrative and formal levels with layers of meaning. The view through a rainy car windshield becomes a metaphor for the spiritual path. A red bridge becomes a passageway to the unknown. Where are we going? What do we see? These paintings ask those questions. |
On my left, my painting, Rain on Route 122, and Lillian Favreau, a student at Clark University. I had the honor of being asked by Lillian to be in the One of a Kind exhibit at Clark's Schiltkamp Gallery, a show curated by students in the Gallery Culture and Practice course. Each student selected an artist and wrote a brief statement about the artist and her or his work.
Toying with color and structure, artist Terry Lamacchia transforms the photographs taken during her Mass Pike commute between the Hudson Valley and Worcester in her newest series, DRIVE. Lamacchia, favoring strong structural foundations, abstracts her photographs through painting. These pieces, often on two or more connected canvases, represents the compilation of digital and analog media at a time when this overlap is ever-present.
Lamacchia uses strong leading lines, bright colors, and somewhat unusual views in an effort to alter the eye’s perception of a piece while hinting at environments that exist beyond the borders of the canvas. Her piece Rain on Route 122 exemplifies this vibrancy and abstraction.
As a former teacher, Lamacchia draws upon decades of experience bringing together varied media and compiles techniques to conquer unfamiliar realms. In the same vein as her physical move from New York to central Massachusetts, her new series represents a transitional period in Lamacchia’s art making as she pushes the boundaries of her own creativity. Curator’s Statement: Lillian Favreau
Lamacchia uses strong leading lines, bright colors, and somewhat unusual views in an effort to alter the eye’s perception of a piece while hinting at environments that exist beyond the borders of the canvas. Her piece Rain on Route 122 exemplifies this vibrancy and abstraction.
As a former teacher, Lamacchia draws upon decades of experience bringing together varied media and compiles techniques to conquer unfamiliar realms. In the same vein as her physical move from New York to central Massachusetts, her new series represents a transitional period in Lamacchia’s art making as she pushes the boundaries of her own creativity. Curator’s Statement: Lillian Favreau