Exhibition - Two Artists: Harmonious Convergence Marietta Patricia Leis and Paulette Long

Lumier - by Marietta Patricia Leis

My paintings conjure an idea of the "edge". Surfaces that will seduce the eye. Leading the viewer away from each canvas' center, a kind of blank but potentially thriving screen, to something curious lurking at the edges of the work. The intention of the work is to contemplate boundaries, edges, limits, the "known world vs. worlds beyond, and inevitably: the void. In Buddhism, void, for example, is thought to be "empty and marvelous". Void exists in other belief systems, as well. Absence, nothingness, the end of things, eschatology- in a sense, all voids are alluded to, all are brought into the arena circumscribed by these paintings.

Undercurrents - by Paulette Long

The Museo exhibition includes abstract landscapes from the series, Undercurrents. The paintings express an energy that lies below the surface; a horizon with submerged activity expressed by a nervous line.

The horizon also acts to contain the spontaneous and unrestrained gestural marks that explore the subconscious. Submerged, yet recognizable, their mystery often becomes a subtext to intrigue and challenge the viewer.

Subterranean in feeling, the work's joyful color is contrasted with dark, moody undertones suggesting both a mysterious natural world and a state of mind. It takes us beyond the surface to search through deeper layers of meaning and memory, moving beyond the landscape to an evocative core where accident and intention meet.

Thursday, May 29 - Sunday, August 17, 2008 at Tuesdays through Sundays 12-4pm.