Award-winning Bucks County painter, printmaker, textile designer and arts educator Jean Burdick will present her latest works: layers of superimposed textures and images that incorporate her observations on the interconnected and interdependent systems of nature. Her work addresses the accumulation of experience that forms the collective memory. Botanical images from many sources become a vehicle to form a matrix of individual strands. When the strands become entangled and obstruct one another, the effect is similar to our own memories of personal relationships and how we define ourselves, fading in and out of clarity. Fragility and transience are evidenced in the flux of the natural world. By offering layers of colors, textures and information without immediate or specific meaning, Burdick's work allows for multiple interpretations. Concealing and revealing is intentional, relating the duality of what lies beneath with what is observed on the surface.
St. Asaph Gallery's Opening Receptions are unlike other gallery openings. The handsome Parish Hall with its soaring vaulted Victorian-era ceiling is an effective exhibition venue for realistic, non-objective, and abstract contemporary art. The atmosphere provided by the Church and its members is warm and welcoming. Once you've attended an opening here, chances are you'll return for many more. The artists are exceptional, the refreshments are inspired, and the ambiance for appreciating art is notable. Come with a friend, or meet new ones here.
