Tidal Memory: Kelly Faville’s Wave Paintings Bring the Sea’s Shifting Rhythms to Acton

At Wellness at Villageworks, the quiet rhythms of the natural world take center stage in Tidal Memory, a new exhibition by Acton painter Kelly Faville. The ten‑painting collection, on view through June 2026, explores the shifting forms of waves—moments of motion that refuse to stay still. Faville’s canvases capture the instant before a curl breaks, the soft collapse of foam, and the way water holds shape only long enough to let it go again.

“I focus my work on that which does not stay,” Faville says. “Each painting starts with something seen. Then it shifts—edges soften, forms loosen, and the image resists settling. What remains is a trace, held briefly, then gone.”

Her wave studies lean into that tension between perception and disappearance, offering viewers a meditation on memory, movement, and the ephemeral.

For Wellness at Villageworks, the exhibition is part of an ongoing effort to bring local creativity into community spaces.

“We’re committed to strengthening the Acton community, and highlighting local artists is one of the ways we bring creativity and connection into our shared space,” said Lucy Goldstein, director, Wellness at Villageworks. Tidal Memory is open to the public 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. in the gallery at Wellness at Villageworks, 525 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 101, West Acton. It is situated within the West Acton Villageworks complex.

For more information contact Kelly Faville, kelly@jnccom.net.