Salem Arts Association is welcoming its newest exhibit Conjuring & Incantations with an Opening Reception on Friday, September 12 fro 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at its beautiful gallery space, 159 Derby Street, Salem, MA 01970.
My two entries juried into the exhibit are:
Salem Willows Closing Time, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas, 11″ x 14″ x 1.5″ deep. This painting was done from a photograph I took one night as the Willows Arcade was closing. The fluorescent lights flashing inside the arcade contrasted with the more demure twinkling of stars in the deep purple sky. Couples sauntered hand in hand down the street, children scampered for one last time around the flashing games. The Willows is one of my favorite places.
Nocturne, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas, 12″ x 24″ x 1/2″ deep. This painting was drawn from my imagination as I listened to the plaintive and kind of frightening sound of coyotes howling outside my house! Yes, it was really a full moon, but I imagined the steep cliff the coyote sits on in my painting.
Salem Arts Association is also open weekends 12 noon to 6:00 p.m. There is a public parking garage one block away.