Pareeeee at UMASS Dartmouth Gallery at Star Store

Earlier this year a call for artists was sent out for a new exhibition to be held at the  University of Massachusetts Dartmouth at the Star Store building entitled PARREEEE!!!!!

When I received the prospectus I immediately hit the studio and conjured up past feelings emotions trips and memories of my thoughts dreams and realities of Paris and French culture on a whole and... created my offering for the show. I then sent in an application and was accepted into the show :-) 

Selected Artists are:
Tatiana Artuar, Jennifer Avery, Philippe
Lejeune, Anthony J. Miraglia, Elena Peteva, Lisa Redburn, Suzanne Schireson, Marc St. Pierre, Ray Veary and Alison Wells

Jurors are:
Jean-François Allaux, Associate Professor, UMass Dartmouth; Viera Levitt, Gallery Director, UMass Dartmouth; and Robert P. Stack, co-owner and curator, Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI

"The Last time i saw paris" Acrylic, charcoal and graphite on paper 40"x30"

While brainstorming for this piece I asked myself the questions, when was the last time you saw Paris? and what was it like? So I reminisced back to 2005 when I visited Paris briefly for a weekend after spending 6 weeks in Brittany. It was a rainy day that echoed the layering of the Parisian urban landscape. In doing my research for this piece I discovered the 1940’s song “The Last Time I saw Paris” lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein and composed by Jerome Kern which further influenced this piece and its title.

“The last time I saw Paris
Her heart was warm and gay
I heard the laughter of her heart in every street café…”

Parreeee runs from May 28 - September 10.



Check out Don Wilkinson's review of pareeee in The Standard Times
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20150702/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/150709955