Featured Local Artists

Friday, January 20, 2012

Featured Local Artist- Hilary Emerson Lay

1-20-12- Featured Local Artist- Hilary Emerson Lay

Though we will miss Eric’s beautiful photographs, we are excited to bring change into our office for the new year. 

Our next guest artist, Hilary Emerson Lay, uses a variety of materials and colors in her work.  Though we only have her 2- Dimensional art on display, Hilary also likes to create Sock Critters, and has recently started a project to track one’s adventures. Her work radiates the warmth of her personality, and cheers up our office the middle of winter; we hope you will enjoy her art as much as we do!

For more photographs of her work, visit our Facebook page, or come by our office to check out her work.

“Artist bio & statement:

Hilary was raised in Brewster, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, in a highly creative and extremely eccentric family who encouraged all of her odd little artistic pursuits and personality quirks.  She grew up in a big, old house, surrounded by stacks of books and a menagerie of animals.

From a very early age, Hilary has held a deep love of and appreciation for books, especially picture books, and her love of words and stories has grown over the course of her life. She thinks printed words on a page are among the world’s most beautiful things.

Hilary weaves her love of animals, words, and color into her art. She works primarily in acrylic, gouache, pen, pencil, pastel, pages from dictionaries, and line drawings from old books and encyclopedias. In addition to her painting and collaging, she creates little stuffed creatures out of socks. Her artwork is an extension of her personality: bright, energetic, imaginative, playful, and fun.

All of these paintings have been covered in a layer of archival varnish with UVLS, to provide dust and dirt resistance and help prevent sun damage.  They are all signed and dated on the back.

To see more of Hilary’s work, to find out about other upcoming shows, and to find a link to her Etsy shop, please visit www.hilaryemersonlay.com.  Hilary welcomes correspondence and frequently takes commission requests.  She can be reached at hilary@hilaryemersonlay.com .”

Monday, November 28, 2011

Featured Local Artist- Eric from EricG Photography

Because people may not always be comfortable with the subjects being discussed in our office, we like to create a welcoming and comforting environment, in whatever way we can.  We sometimes will have freshly baked treats, we always have a variety of teas and coffees, and we encourage local artists to show their work. 

Currently, we are featuring local photographer Eric from EricG Photography. Though he has become only recently interested in photography, his work reveals a passion for the art form and an undeniably artistic eye. Eric's preferred subject matter has evolved since beginning to experiment with photography; currently, he prefers people, and capturing their lives.

This idea is explored in greater depth with the development of his "Stranger Project," where his subjects are the people he meets while walking around cities and towns.  Eric describes the process: "[I] just randomly stop and chat with people who are out and about. I get their 'story' and take their photograph. I then add their photograph to my 'Stranger Gallery' on my website. Sometimes that conversations last for upwards of 45 minutes, sometimes its a 30 second blurb about where they live, what they do and then they are on their way. Having been doing this project for about 4 months now, I have met over 150 amazing people…[and] only had six people decline to participate."

Part of Eric's "Stranger Gallery" will be on display in our office through January 17th.  We would love for you to drop in and enjoy the art!

For more information on the artist, and to view his portfolio, please visit ERiGPhotography.com or Facebook.com/ERiGPhotography.

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