I’m happy to share that my third show at Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson, NY opens this week, including selections from the Picturesque Botany and Nocturnal Nature series. You can preview the dozen included works here along with additional available works. Many thanks to Kurian & Cofor doing a splendid job crafting each frame.
Carrie Haddad Gallery, 622 Warren Street, Hudson, NY
Tangled Up in Blue
Artists' Reception: Saturday, March 2, 5-7 p.m.
March 1, 2024, through April 21, 2024
Carrie Haddad Gallery is pleased to present Tangled Up in Blue, an exhibition with an emphasis on the botanical. It features mixed-media works by Julia Whitney Barnes, Linda Newman Boughton, and Donise English; porcelain sculptures by Owen Mann; and paintings by James O’Shea. The exhibit opens on March 1 and will remain on view through April 21. All are welcome to attend the artists’ reception on March 2 from 5-7 p.m.
Using various paint mediums and cyanotype — a printing process that yields a blue image when a chemistry-coated surface is exposed to sunlight — the artist Julia Whitney Barnes conjures Edenic vignettes. Rooted in the work of women artists and scientists like Maria Sibylla Merian, Whitney Barnes’ compositions exalt plant life. “I approach each growing thing with equal importance, regardless of whether it is a weed, rare species, wildflower, or cultivated flower,” said Whitney Barnes in an interview with Create Magazine. She earned an MFA from Hunter College and has been widely exhibited, including a site-specific installation at the Shaker Heritage Site and Albany International Airport on view through Fall 2024.
