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Places of the heart, at Siano

Verbena, by Rebecca Saylor Sack, oil on canvas, 60 x 70″ The four artists showing this month at Gallery Siano have such different takes on what a place can mean that the exhibit gathers meaning beyond the contributors. Rebecca Saylor Sack’s extraordinary paintings of water and woods sparkles with light and energy and danger. In the flick of a brush, Sack expresses a branch or a tumble of leaves. The leaf mold underfoot, the glint of sky in water, the crash of broken limbs and trunks are all there as reminders of the peace and danger and the cycle of ... More » »

Photographs on science at Siano

Benjamin Pierce’s ENIAC 2 and 3, Digital C-print 31.5 x 28″. I couldn’t get a decent shot with all the reflections. That word “abstract” keeps turning up like a bad penny. This month plus a couple of weeks into January, the Second Annual Abstract Photography Exhibition is at Gallery Siano. And I could spend the whole post questioning the abstract chops of any of the photos on display. But why bother? ENIAC 9, by Pierce I’d rather cut to the chase: What captured my imagination in this show was work by Benjamin Pierce. Pierce’s photos focus on bits and pieces ... More » »

Order(ed)

Truth in advertising disclaimer: Roberta wrote the catalog essay for this show. While I try to report things as I see them, I felt you ought to know that fact. –l.r. Low Buried Wild, by W.C. Richardson, oil, acrylic and alkyd resin on canvas, 77 x 77 inches A lot of friends, people of all different tastes and interests, who stopped by ORDER(ed) at Gallery Siano, told me what a great show it was. It’s a group show of abstract art made with a system, no two systems alike. Although all of the artists are cranked by their systematic approach ... More » »