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  • 10.30.19 Events & Happenings / Lifestyle / Thoughts on Design

    Boston International Fine Art Show: Our Favorite Artists

    Events & Happenings / Lifestyle / Thoughts on Design
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    Each fall, Sally and I look forward to the Boston International Fine Art Show, organized and presented by Fusco and Four. They have a knack for finding and bringing in fine art dealers and artists to the show who are the cream the crop from across New England and the East Coast. 

    Since we weren’t “shopping” for clients this year, we could simply enjoy and appreciate as we wandered the floor. Three artists in particular resonated with us. Each for very different reasons.

    ANNA THURBER: The fINe art of Detail

    Anna Thurber’s booth spoke to me from across the room for a deeply personal reason. Her work remind’s me of a comment my Mom once made about how she approaches photography. It’s essence is to seek out how little one needs in the camera’s frame to create a photograph. As it turns out, not much, yet at the same time, a whole lot.

    Fine Art by Anna Thurber

    Anna creates and photographs ice compositions by freezing flowers, plants and objects found in Nature in water. The freezing process can take hours.

    Fine Art by Anna Thurber

    The results are stunning and at times, other worldly. 

    Fine Art by Anna Thurber

    Fine Art by Anna Thurber

    Fine Art by Anna Thurber

    She has an extensive collection of images available on her website or you can commission her to create something custom with a wedding bouquet or special floral arrangement. If you are an event planner, she can work with you to create a one off table center piece. or display.

    MIKE SLEEPER: The Fine art of Ephemeral

    Mike Sleeper  works in film. Uses a dark room. You get one chance with each shot. That’s old school. I like that! 

    Fine Art by Mike Sleeper

    His photographs are the kind of images I wish I could take. I can’t tell you how many times I have stood on the back shore of Gloucester watching the waves exploded on it’s rocky shore or walked Crane Beach in Ipswich at sun up, wishing I could immortalize the moment.

    Fine Art by Mike Sleeper

    I’ll bet you have had the same thought. His images capture those moments. 

    Fine Art by Mike Sleeper

    What’s amazing is many of his photographs are taken within three miles of his home in Marshfield. Who needs to travel the world? There’s beauty all around you!

    SUSAN PETREE: The fine art of Joie de Vivre

    Susan Petree’s contemporary paintings exude a palpable vitality and joie de vivre. Chatting with her in her booth, we learned that eight years ago she had one of those, “So where have you been all my life?” moments when on an impulse she took an abstract painting class. She walked away from her career in the world of finance, began to paint and has never looked back. This decision resonated with Sally and me because we have walked away from one career to start another.

    Fine Art by Susan Petree

    Today, working out of her Newport studio, she creates her paintings using a centuries old oil and cold wax technique. This technique allows a painter to build layers of color and texture on top of each other, the wax adding a luminous quality to the paint. She uses an additive and subtractive approach to her work.

    Fine Art by Susan Petree

    It’s pretty cool to look at on of her abstract paintings, knowing that Rembrandt used the same technique to paint some of his paintings.

    Fine Art by Susan Petree

    I find myself wanting to place one of her paintings in a traditionally paneled room over the fireplace. Perhaps in the master bedroom we are working on right now…

     

    Or perhaps over the sofa in the living room of this 1670’s antique colonial we worked on several years ago.

    The TAKE AWAYS:

    1. As we walked the floor of this fine art show, we were reminded of the adage, listen to your heart. Buy what you love, what speaks to your heart. In this show I found three artists with whose work I fell in love. 
    2. Notice the little things – the details. 
    3. You can capture the ephemeral.
    4. Beauty is no further than your back yard or just a few miles away.
    5. Is there a Second Act lurking in your future?
    6. What is old is new.

     

    Boston International Fine Art Show

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    1. Leslie Carothers says:
      November 2, 2019 at 2:59 pm

      What a sublimely beautiful post, John. I love the work of each artist that you chose to highlight. Each image is more beautiful than the next. Art inspires me so much and I appreciated learning about these talents from you.

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      1. John Kelsey says:
        November 3, 2019 at 1:22 am

        Thank you Leslie,

        It was a delight talking with each artist, getting to know them personally. I hope Sally adn I can find homes for for their fine art in the coming year.

        Cheers,
        John

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    2. Linda Merrill says:
      November 2, 2019 at 5:29 pm

      Thanks for the pics of the show John and Sally! I wasn’t able to make it this year (new puppy’s first week!) and I love this show so much. Mike Sleeper is really an amazing photographer. He has an adorable studio that he opens periodically.

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      1. John Kelsey says:
        November 3, 2019 at 1:23 am

        Hey Linda,

        Thanks for the tip on Mike opening his studio periodically!’

        Cheers,
        John

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    3. shannon Ggem says:
      November 2, 2019 at 6:48 pm

      1. running to freeze flowers.
      2. your room elevations are always so inspiring. LOVE IT!

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      1. John Kelsey says:
        November 3, 2019 at 1:25 am

        Hey Shannon,

        Thank you! I love the conversation I have with a room as I sketch it’s elevations.

        Seriously, are you going to try freezing flowers? Keep me posted!!!

        Cheers,
        John

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    4. Mary Ann Benoit says:
      November 2, 2019 at 8:48 pm

      Wow, I adore those ice compositions! Thanks for sharing!

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      1. John Kelsey says:
        November 3, 2019 at 1:26 am

        They are stunning Mary Ann. Even more so in person.

        Cheers,
        John

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    5. Janet R Lorusso says:
      November 3, 2019 at 9:22 pm

      What fabulous finds, John! Thanks for highlighting these wonderful and unique artists! You are right, art is so personal – art has so much to say, both about the artist, and about the viewer with whom it resonates!

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    6. Sheri Bruneau says:
      November 3, 2019 at 11:35 pm

      What a lovely post. All three artists you featured are wonderful. When I first read about Anna, I thought she would be my favorite. Then I read about Mike and thought, ‘No, now this is my favorite.’. And then of course, I read about Susan. They all produce such beauty!

      Thank you for sharing your experience and introducing me to these three artists.

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      1. John Kelsey says:
        November 10, 2019 at 2:41 pm

        I hear you, Sheri. Each speaks with a different voice, yet somehow the language is the same.

        Cheers,
        John

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