Martha Rock Keller

The Next Brushstroke

Paintings by Martha Rock Keller



detail of painting
acrylic on canvas
by Martha Rock Keller

November 4, 2008 - January 4, 2009

Opening Reception:

Saturday, November 29, 4-6 pm

Harpist Anne Keller will play during the opening

Sunday at 2, artist talk:

Artist Martha Rock Keller
On Painting
Sunday, December 7, 2 pm



Also showing are all gallery member-artists, and the following visiting artists:

Judith Jacobs, Jane Coates, Geoff Merrill, Maria Ruggiero, John Shultz, and Marie Tapert
 
WSG Gallery is proud to present the latest landscape paintings of member artist Martha Rock Keller from November 4 through December 24, 2008.  Moving easily between large oil and acrylic paintings, free-flowing charcoal drawings and lovely delicate watercolors, Ms. Keller is well known not only for her highly individual art but also for her writing and teaching in the art field. 
 
In her artist statement Ms. Keller says, "These paintings are about two landscapes I love, the Arb here in Ann Arbor, and the dunes and bluffs of the  Sleeping Bear area near Lake Michigan. While painting I’m forever in pursuit of 'the next brushstroke', for while the present brushstroke sums up previous brushstrokes, and defines the present moment of calm certitude or energetic action, 'the next brushstroke' potentially sparks creative freedom and surprise."
   
Rocks, rivers, lakes and pines, Ms. Keller considers her paintings as the model for the human condition, a metaphor for life; each brushstroke influences the next. Working on the spot, whether among the dunes and pines of northern Michigan, or along the banks and among the rocks of the Huron River as it flows through the Arboretum in Ann Arbor, Ms. Keller captures the solitude, the quiet, and the tumult of nature.  Her flying brushstrokes reflect her strong feelings about her surroundings and her ability to communicate them through her art.
 
There will be a reception for the artist on Saturday, November 29 from 4-6 pm. Harpist Anne Keller (granddaughter of the artist) will play.  As part of the Gallery’s Sunday at 2 series, on Sunday, December 7th at 2:00 pm, Ms. Keller will give an informal talk about her current show and her roughly 50 years of painting landscapes.
   


Black Spruce I
Lake Michigan Bluff
acrylic on canvas
60"h x 40"w
by Martha Rock Keller

  


Black Spruce II
Lake Michigan Bluff
acrylic on canvas
60"h x 36"w
by Martha Rock Keller
   


Evergreen
Lake Michigan Bluff
acrylic on canvas
60"h x 40"w
by Martha Rock Keller

  


Large Spruce
Lake Michigan Bluff
acrylic on canvas
60"h x 36"w
by Martha Rock Keller
   


Empire Bluff
Sleeping Bear Dunes, Autumn
acrylic on canvas
24"h x 30"w
by Martha Rock Keller

  


Ice Floes
Lake Michigan
acrylic on canvas
40"h x 60"w
by Martha Rock Keller
   


White Pine
Lake Michigan Bluff
acrylic on canvas
60"h x 40"w
by Martha Rock Keller

  


Young Evergreen II
acrylic on canvas
40"h x 30"w
by Martha Rock Keller
   

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