Opening night for the Lucy Clink exhibit was an unqualified success. So many things came together, great paintings, warm and dry weather and an expanded mailing list and journalist coverage brought out quite a crowd. Thank you to all who came. This was our third show and even though it was too early for the high season of the Provincia di Siena the enthusiastic response bodes well for the summer.
Here is Lucy. Notice that the picture is slightly blured. I did not want a posed photo, but Lucy was very engaged with the social aspects of the evening making a clear shot amongst all the people almost impossible.
Lucy lives in Rome and while a lot of her friends came to the show she was very open, engaged and made a lot of aquintances with the more local attendees. She was discussing this painting with Robert Etherington for quite a while.
Maddine and Joanne Morgante, who refused to pose normally, or maybe this is the new normal. I like the picture.
Lucy, as you can see by these few images, is a highly skilled and thoughtful artist. We felt very privileged to be able to display her works in our gallery. The paintings while depicting the Roman neighborhood in which she lives are about the art of painting as well as seeing. A close inspection of their surface reveals the layers in the work, the varied applications of paint, the decisions; the whole process is exhibited. That she does not disguise these facts, these changes, these means, enriches the experience of viewing and thus allows us to share in her creative act.
