I AM A PART OF ART: CATA ANNUAL Art SHOW

(12/23) LICHTENSTEIN GROUP 12

A gallery wall with six paintings, two sculptures, and an array of paper birds

ABOUT THESE PAINTINGS:

This vibrant collection of paintings practically leaps off the wall, thanks to a delightful installation of paper birds created by artists from Berkshire County Arc.

On the left are three unique paintings by artists Alex, Mark Harris, and Franny Brown—all employing similar abstract forms that shift from one painting to the next. In Alex’s painting, the forms seem to resemble an ear of corn; in Mark’s work it transforms into a school of fish dotting the surface of a stream; and in Franny’s painting the form explodes into a bright, energetic sunrise.

Paired with these paintings are works by Julia Banducci—who, in her stunning pastel solar system expertly uses negative space to convey the vastness of the universe—as well as a playful portrait by Ethan Margolis and a striking abstract work by Bill Decker, aptly titled Tree Pumpkin.

Accompanying the paintings are two fun and whimsical sculptures by CATA artists using recycled materials.

ARTIST PHOTOS:

A man stands outside and holds a framed painting — Ethan Margolis

A woman in a pink jacket holds a paintbrush and smiles — Franny Brown

Click on each painting below to see a larger image:

Alt Text: Abstract piece. In center, white oval with pink polka-dots. Surrounding oval are brush strokes of black, green, blue and orange.

Alex
Untitled, 2021
Tempera on paper
14” x 11”
$170

BUY

Dark-Orange painted background with abstract swirls of blue and green paint

Bill Decker
Tree Pumpkin, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
27” x 10”
$275

BUY

Portrait of an abstract face and shoulders on a light-blue and gray background. Face skin-tone is an orange and beige color. Head has no hair. Big, oval-shaped, blue eyes with white pupils. Yellow nose, red right cheek, blue left cheek, and orange lips. Shoulders are covered by a deep-blue and black shirt.

Ethan Margolis
Untitled, 2021
Acrylic on paper
20” x 16”
NFS

Chalk Pastel drawing of a solar system in outer-space on black paper. Space is colored a deep-blue with three white stars in a line on the top of the page. Solar system start in top right corner with an orange and yellow corner of the sun. On a diagonal from the top right corner to the bottom center of the page are planets. The planets designs and colors in that order are orange, yellow, green, red with three orange horizontal lines, a white planet with a ring and a blue planet with a ring.

Julia Banducci
Untitled, 2021
chalk pastel on paper
16” x 20”
SOLD

Abstract painting. Diagonal line from left bottom corner to top right corner. Left of diagonal is painted pink with a green and blue stripe. Right of diagonal is blue. Circle in the center of the page. One half of the circle is painted black, one half is white with pink dots.

Mark Harris
Abstract Forms, 2021
Tempera on paper
14” x 11”
$170

BUY

Abstract painting on white background. Pencil-drawn circle in center of piece. Top-half of circle is painted yellow with green flecks of paint. Bottom half of circle has red-painted dots in 4 rows. In a crescent shape around the yellow half of the circle are 8 thick lines. From left to right the lines are painted: yellow, sea-foam green, red, red, light-blue, medium-blue, red, and blue. The bottom and left-corner of the piece is painted sea-foam green.

Franny Brown
Untitled, 2020
Acrylic on paper
11” x 14”
$170

BUY

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