Protected
Artist Louise Lamontagne lives a life of extremes, splitting her time between a secluded Montana art ranch and a studio in New England. The drive and focus it must take to reap the most from both places comes through in her vivid, stylized paintings, especially the series on display this weekend at the Truro Fine Art Studio on Cape Cod.
Best Friends
Her series of women and dogs, entitle The Color of Love, is part of the gallery's Transformation show opening Friday, June 6, and I find her work utterly captivating. Lamontagne's unique painting style includes spackling molding compound onto boards, scoring them with various tools, and then applying everything from glazes to sand to achieve the kinetic, tactile quality she's after. Only stopping, she says, "when I experience a sense of completion, either with the painting itself or around the energy with which it is created.”
Spontaneous Delight
The works are quite moving in their intimacy, the nakedness of two creatures. But for me, what I like best is the heat, the reds, oranges, and yellows, glowing as if seen through a thermal imaging device. We all feel it when we're with our dogs, this intensity. I've just never seen it so expertly depicted in art. Lamontagne's works truly do capture The Color of Love. Beautiful!
Resting at Peace
Quiet Contentment
Reverence
Information:
Transformation at the Truro Fine Art Studio
Friday, June 6, 2008
5pm –7pm
#3 Depot Rd.
Truro, MA
508.349.2303
Show runs until June 23 and also features the wonderful pottery of Harriet Rubin-Raku.
If you're in the area stop by this amazing gallery, also the home of the famed Jobi Pottery, gorgeous mid-century modern pieces made from the original molds.
P.S. In the interest of full disclosure, my sister, Kathleen McLaughlin Jacobson, works at the gallery. Say hi to her if you stop in. Thanks for the tip, Kathleen.
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