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The Gallery at Lighthouse, Groton

Ralph Levesque

October 3 - November 3, 2008
Ralph Levesque
Artifacts

As an American I am blessed to be included in an inter mix of ethnic
backgrounds, cultural influences, and the blend in this “melting pot” we
call America. My personal heritage - Greek, French and Cree Indian not
only influence my beliefs and basic outlook on life as a man, but also as
an artist.

The Gallery at Lighthouse, Groton
is proud to announce the opening of a show of paintings on
Friday the 7th of November from 5-8 pm.,
by local artists Guido Garaycochea and Gray Park.
Please join us at the opening!

In Guido's paintings, he endeavors to express his own vision of reality. It
is not a tangible reality, but one that evokes a particular magic in each
human being, one in constant conflict. His visual aesthetic proposition
symbolizes the passing of time in an ethereal atmosphere. Forces
constantly fight to meet their point of equilibrium to find the inner,
always hidden, other face of the human being that is in a no-time reality.
He tries to create a universality of expression that allows perhaps for
the present to meet the future.

Between the Crevices of the Stone

Gray is inspired by the changing scenery of Barn Island in Stonington
and the surrounding marshes of Connecticut and Rhode Island. The
majority of his paintings are done en plain air, where Gray strives to
capture the essence of the changing relationship between land and sea.

Barn Island

The Gallery at Lighthouse, Groton is hosting a show of multimedia works by
Corey Collins of Stonington, Connecticut. His show, FIGHTING GRAVITY, opens
January 2, 2009 from 5 – 8 PM and runs through February 2, 2009.
I saw Corey Collins’ paintings and collages for the first time this past October.
They were stacked behind construction equipment in the Velvet Mill on Bayview
Avenue in Stonington Borough. I saw raw energy, rage, and deep emotion,
qualities of expression I have not seen in a body of work for some time. I asked
Corey to tell me how this work came to be.
COREY COLLINS:
“In ninth grade I developed sleep issues…”
“I threw out my clocks and tossed my watch into the ocean…”
“I was estranged from my peers…”
“I was forced to take medical leave…”
“It was my insanity…”
“…I’d lost my personality.”
“I paint when I am feeling anything…”
“Now, I’m in school again…”
“Today the painting is geared toward new worlds.”
“…smiling which is still new, trying to fight gravity so that I can fly in the future.”
Come to The Gallery at Lighthouse, 744 Long Hill Road, Groton Shopping Plaza,
Groton, right next to Arrow Paper and Party, to view his exhibit and begin to
understand. This is not easy! Chris Rose, Gallery Director

To see more of
Corey's works
Click Here

Elaine Mills does not want to be pinned down in a style, genre or media. She
describes her art and life as “Outside the Frame”, thus Elaine escapes
characterization except as a extremely competent and actively practicing ,
successful artist!

Chris Rose, Gallery Director.

Please come to see an exhibit of small pieces
by Carrie Jacobson and Laura Maiolo entitled,
“PLACES YOU KNOW”.

These two artists have been painting in and
around Southeastern Connecticut and are
ready to show their work.

Peter Jacobson was introduced to The
Gallery at Lighthouse, Groton by his wife
Carrie who's show with Laura Maiolo just
ended last month. Peter has captured
images of ice and sand that are illusively
suggestive and may also encourage a
giggle. Frosted bubbles countered with
clear black ice present us with swirls,
curves, counterpoints comparable to
advance design studies by artists, but these
images are Nature's doing. It is Peter
Jacobson's eye for irony we can appreciate.
Enjoy the passing of another Frozen In
season. - Chris Rose

Please join us at The
Gallery at Lighthouse,
Groton on May 1st between
4 and 7 pm to view our
students art work, listen to a
poetry reading and meet the
poet, enjoy music, take an
opportunity see our facilities
and learn about the
Lighthouse Voc-ed Center
programs. The Student Art
Show will run through June
18th, so please take a
moment to visit with us.

We opened The Gallery at Lighthouse, Groton in September of last year
and I made an effort to visit the businesses that were our neighbors. It
was the first time I had entered Raj Cash and Carry our neighbor in the
Groton Shopping Plaza. I explained what the gallery was trying to do and
that I was looking for artists; Sunil’s name came up. We made contact
and I realized I was talking to an experienced professional artist. His
resume and list of shows is extensive in his homeland of India. Since he
settled in this area of Connecticut, he has been painting images
abstracted from his childhood memories in the southern village of
Barguna, Bangladesh intertwined with his new experiences here in
Connecticut. I was immediately drawn to Sunil’s work and have found it
to be alive with color, intensely personal and compellingly inviting.
Please welcome this work into your visual experience and enjoy the
journey that “Tending to Reality” provides.

Sunil has exhibited throughout Asia, Europe, North America, and
Australia. His award winning artistry is unmatched in his native
Bangladesh. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Dhaka
and his paintings are included in the collections of UNICEF and the
National Academy of Fine and Performing Arts of Bangladesh.

The Gallery at Lighthouse, Groton’s October exhibit,
“Quilts for Comfort, Quilts by Friends, Quilts for
Art”, features traditional quilts by Brenda Shornick
and Jackie Owen. Jackie admits to being a little
obsessive about her seams and uncomfortable if
things don’t line up. Jackie says of her best friend,
Brenda Shornick, "I love her style because it so
different from mine. Her work can be more
unstructured than I'm used to and quite often her
color and fabric choices are way out of my comfort
zone." Brenda says with a twinkle in her eye,
“Jackie is so funny, I make her palms sweaty.”
Both women are serious about their work and their
love for pattern and tradition. Their friendship is
born out of mutual respect for the craft each
displays in their creations. Both women have been
awarded accolades and when you examine their
work, you will understand why.

Putting two artists together in a show is sometimes a leap. Roberta and
Lori have come to their art through different paths, yet there is a thread
joining them and their personal expressions. Roberta states, “I don’t
create art because I want to; I create it because I have to.” She is raw and
sometimes painfully, without apology, in the viewer’s face. Images of
personal demons in riotous color either demand our investigation or
overwhelm us with emotion. Lori asks us to explore our feelings through
her playfully abstracted bred ambiguous dogs. “Dogs are entertaining to
watch and make us laugh” Lori explains when questioned about her focus
on canines. She constructs her dogs based on body position, and then
allows the personality to emerge from the clay. Both artists, making
statements about their personal view of the world, loan us their insight ,
thus, DOGS DANCING A FINE LINE.
Chris Rose, Gallery Director.