Joshua S. Goode exhibits @ Bentley ArtSpace

The exhibit will run from March 3rd to March 20th 2009.

ArtSpace Hours: Monday-Thursday 8AM to 9PMFriday 8AM to 5PMSat 9AM to 1PM& Sun Closed

Joshua Goode says the following about his work, "I am creating a new mythology based upon my personal history by exploring a manifested past civilization. Remnants of this civilization are constructed to resemble archaic ruins. These sites are compiled of personal relics from my past and influences from various cultures such as Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Lakota Sioux. These arrangements appear to be antiquated parts of their surroundings as though recently unearthed by archaeologists and revealed to the modern world. As I continue to engage these relics, I gain a greater insight to myself and other repeating characters central to the development of these “lost worlds”. "

For more information about Joshua's work go to his website http://www.joshuagoode.com/index.aspx

Urban Landscapes by Paul Devine was a great success

Over 100 guests attended the artist's reception with Paul Devine on Thursday, November 13th. Many family and friends expressed their enthusiasm for Paul's paintings for familiar places. Several pieces were sold that night. To see more of Paul Devine's work please go to his website http://www.pauldevine.com/

Paul Devine exhibits 30 Acrylic Lanscapes @ Northern Essex

30 Urban Landscape paintings by Paul Devine are on display at the ArtSpace @ Bentley Library, NECC-Haverhill Campus.

They include brightly painted parking meters and pylons, favorite coffee shops and familiar trucks and heavy equipment. It is a must see exhibit. You will begin to see your urban environment in a new light.

Exhibit runs from Nov 1st to Nov 24th Hours: Mon-Thurs 8 AM to 9 Pm, Fri 8 AM to 5 PM and Sat 9-1

For more information about the artist Paul Devine go to www.pauldevine.com

Something for Everyone @ the Spatial Relations Exhibit

David Hyland has 6 large scale photographs of everyday places like a wet road, a beach cottage or pile of sand. Each image has a strong relationship to the earth/ground. He is also showing 7 three dimensional works of cement, steel, wood and paper. They are twisted, tumbling and "transparent" houses.

Steve Grobis seems to celebrate the 1970's with his four found object sculptures. He combines avocado green sink and an explosion of cables and wires in one piece that hangs on the wall. He stops the viewer in his tracks with orange and gold carpet that sits on the floor and flanks an old orange philco refrigerator door. Anther piece features a harvest gold high chair and red light.

Andrea Panaro shows off her wide range of interests. She is exhibiting 3 woodblock prints entitled "Plane Exploding" and 8 acrylic paintings. The paintings have an earthy feel to them. Some are abstracted figures and other seem to have the forms of rocks or stone. Andrea varies the size of her canvas but keeps the color palate very similar. http://www.necc.mass.edu/

Reception with the Artists- Andrea Panaro, Steve Grobis and David Hyland

Please join the featured artists this month at the ArtSpace @ Bentley Library for a reception for their Spatial Relations exhibit. The reception is this Thursday October 9, 2008 from 5 to 7 PM.

Metamorphic @ the ArtSpace for September

The show is up and is well worth the trip to NECC/Haverhill to see the abstract paintings by Sean Palmatier. He has 15 pieces of colorful abstract works that are full of motion and emotion. He will be giving a talk about the paintings on Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 at 10:30 in the exhibit space.

Creative vision/Artist statement:

Sean Palmatier talks abouts his work as follows: Since I began painting in non-representational abstractions my approach has been to do so as if I were painting a place of physical substance rather than just applying paint to surface. Through the development of this work I have come to see the evolution of multiple repeating expressive elements. They manifest themselves in ways unique to particular psychological and emotional states. More recently I have come to know these “expressive elements” as you would characters in a play. Three of them, so far, that influence the world depicted in my canvases. One is usually dominant but they are all ever-present to maintain the balance between each other. As I explored these characters it seemed only fitting to give them names.

KING-King represents structure, stability, order and strength. He is resolve in the face of adversity. He is reason. King tends to manifest himself in forms that reflect these traits. Solid, three-dimensional geometric forms are his signature.

HAND-Creation incarnate. Driven to constant movement, light, and playfulness. Hand perpetually tastes life for the first time. He breathes life into the world through color and his sense of humor is seen, for example, in the juxtaposition of flatness of form in deep space.

RAGDOLL-Ragdoll lives in darkness and noise. He is a sentient defense mechanism, reacting in adrenaline-fueled, snap movements. Ragdoll is chaos, he simply doesn’t know any better.

Sean Palmatier 2008

Abstract Painter Exhibits Work In September

Sean Timothy Palmatier, the featured artist, in the ArtSpace @ Bentley Library, was born in Catskill, NY and grew up in Rockport, MA. He is a recent graduate of Montserrat College of Art with a BFA, Fine Arts concentration. http://www.montserrat.edu/ Check out more of his work at any ofthe following websites: www.artbreak.com/palmatier www.helloboston.com/Art/Sean%20Palmatier.Cfm http://www.myartspace.com/

Sean Palmatier exhibits work in September @ the Bentley ArtSpace

Sean Timothy Palmatier- BFA, Montserrat College of Art, Fine Arts concentration-- Artist statement: Passion is the driving force of all creative endeavors but the expression of passion alone has no context. Our ability to reason and reflect gives us the ability to define points of reference for our emotional experience. Color, in my work, is the direct expression of my emotional state at the time that a painting is created and although these works are not created from any direct visual references there are spatial and dimensional implications. This is the result of the initial drawing process which is a combination of gestural mark-making, imagination and an, admittedly, analytical nature. This gives the expression of my emotional state a psychological framework within which in can exist in context. The forms can appear to be organic or architectural, can jut out into space or fade into flatness but all is done with the intention of trying to articulate a state of being at a moment in time. -Sean T. Palmatier, 2008-- Show opens September 2, 2008 and runs through September 20th with opening reception on September 11, 2008 5PM to 7PM.