BIG WORK WALL

Rocky Neck Gallery, this year, set aside wall space for its members to show bigger work.  This display will change every two weeks to present newness and a spotlight on the many talented artists of the gallery.  Martha Wakefield has the opening slot and chose these two paintings from her Slip Series:  Shift # 21 and Shift # 22.  These are watercolors, 30 x 22 inches, on 300 lb cold press paper mounted on canvas to give the appreance of floating when hung on the wall.  They have a varnish like application to protect the work.  The paintings will be on view from now until June 20th, Wednesday's closing at 6 PM.  The next artist showing larger work is Fred Jillson.

And please join us Saturday, June 16th from 6-8 PM for our opening reception.  Come meet the artists, see the new work and new look to the gallery and share in the celebration of the new season!  

ON EXHIBIT

Here is a preview of the gallery's new look!  Special thanks to Kate Somers and her hanging team for showing off the original artworks in the best light.  

Pottery by RNG artists Cynthia Curtis, Jayne Lacey, Susan Hershey & Ruth Worrall.
Paintings by Dina Gomery & Phyllis Feld 

Summer Artist Series show - oil paintings by Elizabeth Gauthier

Collage paintings by Marci Davis.
Pottery by RNG artists Cynthia Curtis, Susan Hershey, Jayne Lacey & Ruth Worrall

Paintings by Mary Healy

Pottery by Jayne Lacey & Ruth Worrall

Photography by Tom Robinson-Cox

Paintings by Susan Daly

We also have original and beautiful hand crafted jewelry which will be featured in a separate post shortly.  Please join us this Saturday, June 16th for an artists' reception from 6-8 pm.  Meet the artists who make this a very unique art gallery on Rocky Neck.

WINDOW ARTIST

Each week, Rocky Neck Gallery will feature an artist's work in the gallery's street side window.  Starting off the 2012 season what could be better than photographer David Piemonte's image called Crescent Dune.  

 

CRESCENT DUNE
22 x 26
Silver Gelatin Print
$800.00



David's inspiration: This image was taken near Crane's Beach with black and white infrared film using a medium format camera. The flow of the sand and the dunes mirrored the clouds overhead. The grass seemed to be playing amidst the beauty.

This is a silver gelatin print, 22 x 26 (framed) for $800.00.  Visit the gallery and see more of David's stunning photography.  His work is also being shown at Gloucester Stage Company from June 14th - July 1st.  (For details of this show please click on the link above.)

OPEN

Rocky Neck Gallery is now open for the 2012 season!  Seven days a week, the gallery is open with hours scheduled for Sunday through Wednesday: 11 am - 6 pm, and Thursday - Saturday:  11 am - 8 pm.   Lots of newness this year with a fresh look in the exhibiting space layout; new artists, a unique lineup of shows in the Summer Artist Series; and for the first time a Big Work wall allowing artists to show large work.  This along with the windows will rotate artwork every two weeks to provide a showcase for the many talented artists the gallery features. 

On this blog, we will feature the work and artists in the days to come along with any news of gallery events.  You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

An artists reception is scheduled for Saturday, June 16th, from 6-8 pm.  Please join us, meet the artists, and celebrate the start of an exciting season ahead.

NEW ART NEW SEASON

Afternoon Light by Elizabeth Gauthier
oil/canvas

The Rocky Neck Gallery opens for the season on Thursday, June 7th. Working in both traditional and contemporary genres, North Shore painters, photographers, sculptors, potters, jewelers, cabinet makers, multi-media artists and printmakers show their work at the cooperative gallery located on charming Smith Cove in the very heart of Gloucester’s newly designated Rocky Neck Cultural District.

This year the gallery welcomes seven new members: jewelers Katherine Bagley and Deborah Way, and painters Phyllis Feld, Elizabeth Gauthier, Dina Gomery, Debbie Schraedieck and Kathleen Staab.

The successful Summer Artist Series returns for a new season with an exciting line-up of juried solo and group shows.  Artist  Elizabeth Gauthier’s exhibit “Simplicity through Form and Color” is the opening show for the 2012 season.

Gauthier is an artist and teacher from Manchester-by-the-Sea.  Elizabeth earned her BFA with a dual degree in Fine Art and Art Education at Mass College of Art and her MFA from Boston University. She has taught various art disciplines at the high school level and in different arenas for many years on Cape Ann and in Boston. She continues to paint and exhibit in the Greater Boston area.

We welcome the public to attend the opening reception, meet the gallery's artists, see their work and  Gauthier’s solo show of paintings on Saturday, June 16th from 6 – 8 pm. 

COLLABORATION

Rocky Neck Gallery introduces a delightful eye-catching postcard to celebrate and promote the gallery's talented artists for the 2012 season.  This postcard, designed by RNG's artists Susan Hershey and Judy Robinson-Cox, is 5 x 7 in size and features the work of three RNG artists.  The front has the watercolor painting Curious Koi by Kathleen Staab, a new gallery member; Saturn earrings of sterling silver and 14K gold designed by new member Deborah Way; and the Seafossil Vessel by Cynthia Curtis. 

The back of the postcard lists all the artist members who will be exhibiting their fine arts this summer.  It also lists the location, hours, essential links and the Summer Artist Series scheduled shows.  The postcard will be available soon for those members wanting to invite their fans to Rocky Neck Gallery (please note each member must include postage on their postcard mailings).  RNG will also be sending this to all the friends, fans and special customers who have supported this gallery each summer. 

This will be an exciting new season with a new look in the gallery, new artists and a diverse collection of unique works in ceramics, jewelry, photography, painting, fine furniture, collage/mixed media, sculpture and printmaking. And it all starts on opening day, Thursday, June 7th, 2012. 

BEST OF RNAC

The gallery opens this Saturday, May 19th with the Rocky Neck Art Colony 2012 Members Exhibition along with the 2nd annual Emerging Artists Exhibit featuring work of student artists from Endicott College and Montserrat College of Art.  The members show features work from 63 RNAC artists, many who are new members this year, and includes 16 artists who are also in the Rocky Neck Gallery.  The show runs from Saturday, May 19th until Saturday, June 2nd.  The student exhibit runs from May 25th - May 28th and is not to be missed.   A reception will be held on Saturday, May 26th from 5:30 - 8 PM.  Come down to 53 Rocky Neck Ave, meet the artists and see these exciting shows of diverse contemporary works of art.