KNOTTY GIRLS

June 17, 2022 - July 22, 2022  - SELECTED WORKS

A two-person exhibition opening Friday, July 17th, featuring oil paintings by

Jennifer Day and introducing Renee Levin.

In this exhibition, we're shedding winter blues for summer's dip into the deep blue.

We'll ride the waves of much-needed summer fun. These two artists cast their sails to the wind and celebrate the playful, kitschy spirit of summer. We'll toast to some well-deserved "knotty" fun in our seaside island of Newport.

This exhibit continues our focus on female artists: women who devote their lives to the arts and their families. As we journey into so much unknown in our world, we are inspired with reverence to honor women who nurture and nourish our souls with the beauty they create.

Jennifer Day spends her time between Corsica, Italy and the Cape, where she and her husband are avid swimmers. Her inspiration for painting is the drama of water's liquidity without the infinite options of applying local color. To achieve this, she uses black oil paint on top of white gesso. Her process of scraping back black oil paint to find the light underneath is an intuitive process. Jennifer also explores the ephemeral form of clouds, which are in fact, another form of water. Speaking in her words, "I work between two opposites: the order and geometry of the picture plane versus the challenge of the nebulous and the impulse of nature to escape the plane altogether."

Renee Levin is best known for her modern depictions of coastal natural objects. Her large-scale paintings allow her to emphasize the nuances, patterns and textures of these objects while celebrating their unique beauty. Each painting bears witness to her calm and meticulous process. There is a playful juxtaposition of light and shadow, which creates depth and movement in her work. Levin fuses a world of polish with grit, painting elements of her objects with perfect smoothness, yet adding harsh textures overtop creating a surprising harmony of modern, contemporary paintings. Her work was featured in Vogue, in 2021.

A love of perpetual natural beauty, light, and unpredictable fluidity is the inspiration for pairing these two bright and inspiring female artists.

"Sometimes in the wave of change

we find our true direction"

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