Friday, January 6, 2012 from 6 to 8pm with an Artist Reception featuring Meghan Howland and small works by Cindy Rizza.
137 East Fourth Ave, Mount Dora, FL 32757
Refreshments and wine, will be served.
Show runs through January 31st.
The Bowersock Gallery will officially open its doors January 6 with a Grand Opening and Exhibition, “Recounting Narratives,” an exhibit of paintings by Meghan Howland, one of “New England’s brightest rising stars,” with a Florida connection.
“We got a call from a longtime arts journalist that caught Meghan’s first New Hampshire exhibition. She was astounded by the twenty-something’s skill and vision, reporting it as equal to a mature, established artist,” says Steve Bowersock, curator and co owner with Michael Senger. “We made our trip up to New Hampshire, took one look and signed her that day. Meghan truly is a standout painter.”
Howland, who currently lives in Maine with family from Florida, is a contemporary, representational painter, working in oils. Her work is marked by a dreamlike quality with dissonant notes.
“As we note in her biography, ‘the question of whether something is safe or dangerous, loving or hateful, is often unexplained in her work,’” says Bowersock. “’While conveying a situation or mood that is slightly ambiguous, this makes it up to the viewer to resolve what is happening, creating an unending range of emotions and possibilities.’”