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"A Gathering." By Barbara Silverman Summers. She writes: "My painting is done by painting over many layers of paint and then again repeating until a harmonious effect is achieved." - photo courtesy of the artist.
La Conner artist Barbara Silverman Summers opens ‘Abstract Skagit’ at Cassera Gallery South, Stanwood, Thursday with a reception 5 p.m. in the Design’s NW/ Cassera Gallery Lobby. The exhibit hangs through July 8.
Stephen Hunter wrote about Summers in the Cascadia Weekly a year ago:
“Summers personifies the continuity of ‘mystic painting’ in the Skagit Valley. ‘The Beacon’ reprises her previous work with sweeping curves of light; a cascade of broken rectangles drops down. In ‘Nothing is Lost’, curves and rectangles are enriched by a frenzy of delicate threads of dripped paint which recall Mark Toby’s ‘White Writing’.
In her artist statement, Summers writes that her “paintings are textured by applying many layers of paint and using extensive excavations on the canvas surface. Beginning with color patterns then scraping, revealing, and alternating to create harmony and balance from chaos.
“I have worked to give emotional and intellectual meaning through this process to allow the viewer to enter the painting and experience their own interpretation. To create an image that is personal yet universal.”
Her paintings have been exhibited nationally and internationally and hang in numerous private and corporate collections.
Summers has a MA in Fine Arts from Hunter College in New York City.
Source: Cassera Galleries
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