|  | Warren MatherRowe's Wharf, 2003Glazed Ceramic18 x 14 inches | | Local ceramic artist Warren Mater will exhibit his new large scale pictorial platters. Mather describes his latest project as a photographic inquiry into the interaction of history, nature and urban development. Mather's iconic images of the Boston waterfront, Back Bay architecture, street life and public gardens are derived from altered digital photographs he has taken over the course of a year. Mather transfers his observations onto t\white earthenware platters which he colors with glazes in either monochrome tones or bold bands of nonspecific color. Working in the tradition of using clay to make ceremonial large scale vessels that hold more than mere substance, Mather's plates represent the convergence of ancient convention with modern vision and technical possibilities. | | | |  | Linda DarlingTrident Maple, 2003Acrylic on canvas30.5 x 28.5 inches | | The ancient and still popular art of Bonsi, dwarfing trees and plants into aesthetically pleasing shapes, is the inspiration for Linda Darling's new paintings. In Bonsai the plant and it's container form a harmonious unit, with every branch and twig shaped or eliminated until a chosen image is achieved and maintained with continuous trimming and pruning. As with her previous investigations into the processes of evolution, Darling highlights a curious horticultural practice where human intervention impedes and artificially alters the units of fractal measurement, Darling alludes to the generational complexity of these miniature plantings. | |
