EXHIBITING THROUGH JULY 6th:
Watercolors and Oils by O'Hare Williams
MARBLEHEAD, MASS. - Marblehead, a town full of history and one-way
streets, has a new venue for exhibiting and viewing art. The Studio Fine ArtGallery is located at 18 Darling Street. The gallery may be hard to find: off Washington Street, on a one-way, but worth the effort. The intimate gallery will feature the paintings of owner Patricia O’Hare Williams through July 6th.
An artist member of the Marblehead Arts Association and the North Shore Arts Association, O’Hare Williams chaired the Public Arts Program at Marblehead High School in 2000. She also created and ran the “Where’s Elbridge” tribute to Founding Father and Marblehead native Elbridge Gerry for the Gerry School. The artist’s works are included in nearly 50 private collections, while her collaboration with fellow artists grace the walls of the Marblehead Veterans Middle School and the Tufts-New England Medial Center. She recently exhibited her work at the world headquarters of Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott in Boston. The award-winning painter is known for her bright, often whimsical still lifes and landscapes. The artist's subject matter often depicts Marblehead scenes that are nostalgic, unexpected, or offer a new view of a classic scene such as the harbor.
JULY 9th - 29th
Mary Jo McConnell Extra-Ordinary!
The Studio Fine Art Gallery is very pleased to announce the exhibition
of recent work, including encaustics by Marblehead artist Mary Jo
McConnell. Encaustic painting is an ancient medium and made from beeswax, pure
pigment and resin. Ms. McConnell's work blurs the boundaries between
art and science with an ethereal, yet exact quality infused with
intellectual understanding. She is an artist, a naturalist, a world traveler, a
gardener, an anthropological collector, and a philanthropist. Several of the
exhibited works reflect her observation of individual New Guinea bowerbirds, which
function like artists with their palette choice of fruits, flowers and
other natural detritus in creating their materials. Her respect for nature and
commitment to art transform into evocative still lives of feathers, fish and
extraordinary objects which truly inspire. This exhibition will run from July 9
through 29.
Ms. McConnell has exhibited in India, Japan and Poland, as well as at
several one person shows in private galleries in the U.S. "Mary Jo's
work is sensitive, lush and beautifully executed. Her body of work portrays
both knowledge and emotion," says The Studio's proprietor, Patti Williams.
The Studio: Fine Art Gallery is open Wednesdays through Saturdays from
noon-5 p.m. or by appointment. Summer hours include Sundays noon to 5
p.m. For more information or those wishing to be added to the gallery's
mailing list can do so by sending an e-mail to
TheStudio18@verizon.net. The Studio's phone number is (781) 631-5960.
Patricia Williams
THE STUDIO
FINE ART GALLERY
18 Darling Street
Marblehead, MA 01945
781-631-5960
www.oharewilliams.com
