The Bowery Gallery in
Chelsea is currently presenting a series of works by Rita Baragona for a show
titled The Eye’s Mind.
For this show, Baragona
presents several drawings and paintings that reflect her appreciation and
perception of nature. In her eye’s mind, she observes the spiritual energy and
beauty of what she sees around her and eloquently translates it on to the
canvas, and her subjects often include flowers, landscapes, and oceans.
One uplifting painting
titled Joyous Spring Window Dance
features a vase sitting on a windowsill holding violet-colored flowers that are
energized by the sun, and blend in with the rhythmic movement of the trees and
pink flowers in the background. Similarly, Light
Reflections also features a vase holding pink roses in the center of a
dining room table and the sun bursting with energy into the room.
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| "Joyous Spring Window Dance" |
In Winter Blue Shadows, however, blue is
the dominant color as winter is associated with cool temperatures and shorter
days and the blue helps provide that calming sensation. In this painting, a
collection of daisies are held in a large blue cup of water sitting on a dining
room table by the window. Blue is also the color of the tablecloth, the
windowsill, and the shadow of the hall across the way.
One of Baragona’s landscape
paintings in the show titled Pulse and
Flow- Ocean to Clouds depicts a heavy mass of clouds in the sky hovering
closely above the horizon, as the waves of the ocean prepare to break on the
flat surface of the sand. On the other hand, Turbulence at Blowing Rocks illustrates
more turbulent waves of the ocean crashing hard on the rocks on land as the
title of the painting suggests.
At The Bowery Gallery, 530 W. 25th St.,
through Feb. 21. The gallery is open Tues.—Sat. from 11 a.m.—6 p.m.
