Lines and Colors catalog

Lines and Colors

ARTISTS

Diane Ayott

Susan Dory

Warren Isensee

Erick Johnson

Hideyo Okamura

Dana Piazza

Audrey Stone

Bernay Fine Art is proud to present the fifth annual Lines and Colors exhibit. The show opens Saturday June 10th.

Diane Ayott, Susan Dory, Warren Isensee, Erik Johnson, Hideyo Okamura, Dana Piazza, and Audrey Stone are the seven very talented artists in this show.

Hideyo Okamura and Susan Dory draw upon the concept of infinity in their work. Okamura’s paintings are continuous, as in the sky and ocean, there is no starting or ending point. Dory’s pieces draw upon a concept of Indra’s net which is a metaphor in Eastern philosophy attempting to describe the universe and infinity. Dory asks us to “imagine an infinite net spanning the universe, at each intersection of the net, where the net is knotted together, there hangs a clear crystal jewel”.

Diane Ayott and Erick Johnson use rhythms, patterns, and repetition in their work. Ayott uses repetition in her work for the dream like, meditative experience it offers her and the viewer. This meditative process sets up spatial relationships as well as color ones. Johnson is engaged by the question, how color and shape create relatedness and difference, as well as emotion and mood.

Audrey Stone and Warren Isensee both create works with strict adherence to symmetry. Stone explores color, line and gradients across her canvases which are mesmerizing to look at and hold the viewer’s attention. Isensee is a Geometric Abstractionist who employs a precision, free-hand technique that leaves little to no trace of human interference. His impeccable technique captures the sharp line between fluidity and structure.

Lastly, Dana Piazza creates meticulous, abstract drawings depicting the illusion of depth, movement, and threedimensionality. Piazza uses paint, ink, and marker on Yupo paper, clayboard or canvas to create dramatic waves of lines that are a joy to look at.

Lines and Colors will be on exhibit through July 9th at 296 Main Street in Great Barrington, MA.

Diane Ayott, Promise Me, Acrylic on paper, 14 x 18 inches

Diane Ayott, Innocent Hearts (for Agnes), Mixed media on paper, 21 x 16 inches

Diane Ayott, Springette, Acrylic on paper, 15 x 15 inches

Diane Ayott, Gruner Top, Acrylic on paper, 14 x 11 inches

Diane Ayott, Tender Space Inside of Orange, Acrylic on paper, 10 x 10 inches

Diane Ayott, I AM STILL ALIVE, Mixed media on heavy paper, 10 x 15 inches

Susan Dory See Through 1, Acrylic on canvas over panel, 16.25 x 16.25 inches

Susan Dory, See Through 2, Acrylic on canvas over panel, 18.5 x 14.25 inches

Susan Dory See Through 3, Acrylic on canvas over panel, 16 x 12.5 inches

Susan Dory, See Through 4, Acrylic on canvas over panel, 14.25 x 18.5 inches

Susan Dory, Untitled 2, Acrylic on canvas over panel, 30 x 30 inches

Susan Dory, Untitled 3, Acrylic on canvas over panel, 30 x 30 inches

Warren Isensee, To Be Clear, Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches

(photo courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY)

Warren Isensee, The Living Daylight, Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches

(photo courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY)

Warren Isensee, Hello Darkness, Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches

(photo courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY)

Warren Isensee, Upside Downer, Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches

(photo courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY)

Warren Isensee, Back Pocket, Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches

(photo courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY)

Erick Johnson, Triple Up, Oil on Arches paper, 20 x 16 inches

Erick Johnson, Center Pull, Oil on Arches paper, 27 x 22 inches

Erick Johnson, Triple Infinity II, Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches

Hideyo Okamura, Stop, Oil on canvas, 62 x 48 inches

Hideyo Okamura, Look, Oil on canvas, 62 x 48 inches

Hideyo Okamura, and Listen, Oil on canvas, 62 x 48 inches

Hideyo Okamura, 10727008, Oil on canvas, 72 x 70 inches

Hideyo Okamura, 11x11_11, Ink on paper, 17 x 14 inches

Hideyo Okamura, 11x11_12, Ink on paper, 17 x 14 inches

Dana Piazza, Squares 57, Acrylic on linen, 76 x 72 inches

Dana Piazza, Lines 71, Ink on yupo heavy, 40 x 26 inches

Dana Piazza, Lines 75, Ink on yupo heavy, 40 x 26 inches

Dana Piazza, Lines 78, Ink on yupo heavy, 40 x 26 inches

Dana Piazza, Lines 90, Ink on yupo heavy, 40 x 26 inches

Dana Piazza, Lines 107, Ink on yupo heavy, 40 x 26 inches

Dana Piazza, Lines 110, Ink on yupo heavy, 40 x 26 inches

Audrey Stone, Call Close II, Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40 inches

Audrey Stone, Doze , Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 inches

Audrey Stone, Passage, Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40 inches