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April Issue 2004
Charles Street Gallery in Beaufort, SC, Features Works by Priscilla Merrick
The
Charles Street Gallery in Beaufort, SC, will be hosting an exhibit
entitled, Salt Water Vistas and Sanctuaries, featuring oils dealing
with water and marshes by Priscilla Merrick, on view through Apr.
17, 2004.
Merrick's pieces are less traditional landscapes and usually focus up-close on a small part of a particular place or environment. The primary subject of her work involves the exploration of fields and marshes. The paintings in this exhibit reflect Merrick's perspective of these wide open places. She juxtaposes this concept of the open vistas, with the tight and enclosed refuges that can also be found within those vast expanses. Her work is strongly influenced by memories of her own childhood meanderings through these enigmatic places.
Merrick often uses the Western Apache term
"place-worlds" to describe her work. This term refers
to a specific geological site in which the place itself contains
a strong connection to the past. The act of recalling thes places
thus strengthens the ties to the past and forms a significant
tool of communication. In her "place-worlds" Merrick
confronts both order and chaos within nature's infinite boundaries,
and feels that she "approaches each piece as a memory and
exploration, covering a range of images and perceptions in which
seemingly unimportant formations such as a dried leaf or new shoot,
become the focal point of my visual language. These are the landscapes
that are ingrained in (her), recalled and resurfacing as fragments
that envelope or release their own contents."
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