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ARTISTS
Donna Caselden
www.donnacaselden.com
Donna Caselden is an award winning experimental artist known for diverse techniques and mediums, most notably contemporary paintings ranging from impressionistic to abstract. Her work has been positively reviewed by various publications including USA Today and New England Home, and has been displayed in museums, galleries, universities and private collections throughout the country, including the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts. She is also part of the Corporate Art Program through the DeCordova Sculpture Park & Museum. Caselden has gallery representation at Gallery on Jarves and Inner Space Fine Arts, both in Massachusetts, and employs a studio at SoWa in the design district of Boston.
As an experimental contemporary artist, Caselden’s work is constantly changing. She trusts her intuition, which allows her artwork to evolve organically. Whether working abstractly or somewhat representational, she falls into the painting, and emerges upon its completion.
Jack Evans
When self-taught Gloucester artist Jack Evans was young he became convinced that American music (jazz, blues, country, rock & roll etc.) was the greatest art form of the 20th century. American painters, too, tapped into the same vein and developed a style that was as powerful and personal as a great solo. De Kooning, Kline, Pollack, Mitchell and others had the courage to wrench a new form from the mad energy of New York City.
Years later, after a turn in the poetry barrel (author of The Catfood Factory and Work – both now out of print) and 40 years in the used record business (Mystery Train Records) Evans kept an old promise to himself to paint and has since put his whole being into making marks on a flat surface.
Evans had several shows in Gloucester at Flatrocks and Jane Deering Galleries. His most recent show was at Jose Mateo’s Sanctuary Theatre in Harvard Square.
Anne Gilson
www.AnneGilson.com
Anne Gilson began her career in Boston as a muralist working primarily with Sidewalk Sam and City Year. She collaborated with Judge Baker’s Children’s Center painting murals in several playgrounds and schools and designing art curriculums.Her last public art project was an 18-foot long historical mural for the Carmelite Monestary in Boston. Gilson eventually moved to studio art and has since exhibited her work throughout NewEngland in individual and group shows. Her collages were featured in the New York Times Style section.
After a recent move to Gloucester, Gilson based her last series on ‘Home”. She uses water-based paint and mixed media often incorporating text to further create a storyline for the viewer to interpret in their own way. Anne’s themes tend to revolve around emotion and irony relating to nature, music and relationship.
Anne’s collectors are from Boston, Cape Cod, NYC, CA, UK and more. Galleries showcasing her work include: Fountain Street Gallery, Crosstown Art Gallery, Mercury Gallery, Gallery 55, the Cove Gallery and others. Her work was also displayed at the Cahoon Museum of American Art as well as the ARTcetera event in Boston. Her work is also in permanent business collections in MA.
@AnneGilsonart
Anne Lafferty
Ann Lafferty, a native of Arkansas, has lived in Gloucester for almost 50 years. Early inspiration was from her mother who painted watercolor landscapes and wild flowers, where she learned an appreciation for beauty in nature. Ann has studied art in undergraduate school, the Art Institute of Chicago, and has a MA in Creative Arts and Learning from Lesley University. Having spent 20 years teaching art, she has an appreciation for all forms of creative expression. She left teaching in 1994, and has been painting in various mediums ever since. Outdoor painting during summers with Erma Wheeler, and Joy Buell influenced her to paint full time. She has attended numerous workshops with Steve Aimone in Maine and Florida, Tim Hawkesworth, at Rocky Neck and Montserrat. Finding her unique expression of inner and outer observation has been a constant motivation. Her work invites the viewer to explore an environment of subtlety, depth, energy and spaciousness.
Maria Malatesta
Memories of being in the natural world inspire the color and gesture of the paintings. Gardens, overgrown fields, open space, the sea and wind are all
a source from which the paintings evolve. Color and light fascinate me, how one color placed next to another comes alive, how that color then has the
profound ability to evoke a mood or a place. While my process is intuitive, the presence of the landscape is constant. Yet, there is uncertainty of place
and of resolution. I find this ambiguity most exciting.
Maria lives on Cape Ann which contributes to her artistic sensibility. Her work has been included in numerous shows on the North Shore and Boston area. Solo shows include Jane Deering Gallery in Gloucester, Montserrat College of Art, Chameleon Gallery in Newburyport, Pagus Gallery in Pennsylvania and Porter Mill Gallery in Beverly. Maria holds the Diploma and Fifth Year Certificate from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and a Bachelor of Science from Lesley University, Cambridge, MA. She has taught at Montserrat College of Art, the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck and International Programs through the Museum School, Boston. Her studio is in the South End of Boston.
Lynne Sausel
lynnesausele.com
I have been an artist for my entire career in various and many forms. Aftergraduating from the Boston Museum School and Tufts University I beganright away on a free lance art career path. I have experimented and exploredmany techniques, every new skill I have mastered has become a part of thewhole in an ever unfolding creative experience. Now, at this point in my life Iam fully immersed in fine craft beadwork and contemporary abstractpainting.Observing pattern, color and form in the natural world as well as the beautyin old and new man made objects and structures is the basis and foundationfor my work. It is both exciting and daunting to face a pile of beautiful beadsor a blank canvas and begin the process of revealing a finished piece that Ican relate to and be pleased with. My goal is to follow my intuition and allowthe process to unfold in a flow until I sense a state of completion. It isinteresting that this can be relatively quick and sometimes agonizingly slow.It requires dedication, determination and patience to find a path to asuccessful finished piece.My work is currently represented at the following galleries: Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Clark Gallery Lincoln MA, Gallerie Tera Viva, Saint Quentin-la-Poterie, France
Sallie Strand
salliestrand.com
Sallie Strand began her career first as a pastry chef, and later as a dietitian. With an artist father and an interior decorator mother, Sallie was infused with art and color from an early age. Though mostly self taught, Sallie continues to take master classes and workshops with professional artists such as Lisa Pressman, Rebecca Crowell, Tim Hawksworth, Steven Aimone and Audrey Phillips.
Not surprisingly, Sallie finds many similarities between baking and painting and often uses many of those utensils to create textures through layering, mark making, and scraping.