Through November 2, 2024
Heather Gaudio Fine Art is pleased to present Betsy Eby: Of This Natural World, her first solo exhibition at the gallery.
Betsy Eby’s encaustic paintings are infused with a unique sensibility informed by the artist’s Pacific Northwest heritage, her concerns for nature and a lifelong classical piano practice. Using trowels, knives, brushes and heat, Eby pours and spreads hot and cold natural wax-based paint onto on panel, layering gestures to create nuanced marks across the surface. The paintings in this exhibition are inspired by the wilderness of nature and the way in which the natural world serves as a tonic for the human spirit. Created in her Maine summer retreat, Eby’s new body of work captures the music and rhythms portrayed in nature: the lulling of waves, the fragrance of the sea air, resinous bay berries, blueberries, honey suckle in the breeze…. all have their own sound and melodies that speak to the artist. “There is musical accompaniment in nature,” the artist states.
Tuesday through Saturday; 10:30am to 5:30pm; and by appointment.
