Mayhem in the Garden
Written on June 5, 2009
New Oil Paintings and Works on Paper • Opening, June 5, 2009 at Ann Nathan Gallery
Lowry’s vibrant blossoms, bursting pods and cavorting wildlife fuse bold slashes of color and sensual compositions with traditional Chinese painting techniques. The captivating, seductive nature of the endangered flora and fauna used as subjects in this exhibition belies their inherent fragility.
Ann Nathan Gallery:
212 W. Superior Street • Chicago, IL 60654 • phone 312-664-6622 • fax 312-664-9392
Cool Globes
Written on April 17, 2008
Cool Globes is a not for profit organization that uses public art to inspire individuals and organizations to take action against global warming. Local, national and international artists, as well as school children designed the globes using a variety of materials to transform a plain white sphere to create awareness and provoke discussion about a potential solution to global warming. Each globe is five feet in diameter, seven-and-one-half feet tall and weighs 2,300 pounds. This particular globe is titled Terre Verte, and was sponsored by Marshall Field V in conjunction with the Field Museum. It portrays the need to stop deforestation with an oil painting of lush broad, leafy trees. In between are large leaves falling gently to the earth, symbolizing the loss of our forests. Hidden within the painting is a vast landscape of living species that are currently endangered by global warming.
