GRAND GALLERIES

Ann-Marie Glazier Beyond the Threshold

(April 5, 2024 - April 29, 2024)

Sunshine by Ann-Marie Glazier

Beyond the Threshold

Artist Statement

Until last year, I was a strictly indoor kind of person. Then, a little dog named Gidget came into my life. She forced me outside, every day, for very long walks, multiple times a day. I wasn’t happy about it at first. However, for many months now, I have been constantly caught off guard by the depth and diversity of emotions that my little corner of the earth has evoked in me: the serenity I feel when the only sound is that of the water over the rocks in the creek, the thrill of the crunch of the crisp, frozen leaves in the woods during the first frost, the hope elicited at the first sight of the daffodil stems peeking out of the ground, the joy of watching an 11 pound dog who thinks she is hunting big game when she is following the scent of a squirrel.

These paintings are the expressions of my own earthly emotions. I hope they inspire others to go beyond their own limiting thresholds.

PUSH

(April 5, 2024 - April 29, 2024)

Seated by the Sea by Ralph Della-Volpe

PUSH

Artists with long careers in fine art have usually progressed through several different stylistic periods as their inherent self-drive pushes them forward into new explorations. Ralph Della-Volpe’s 75-year long career in fine art did just that.

This third exhibit of Ralph Della-Volpe’s work at the Grand, entitled “PUSH,” is an all new exhibit showing an eclectic sampling of how far his self-drive pushed him with the freedom that contemporary art allows, moving away from realism or representational art. So varied are the styles that it is almost as if different artists painted his subtle minimals, his vibrant colorist works or his figurative work.

Never resting on past laurels or outside validation, Della-Volpe’s artistic temperament and sensibilities pushed him incessantly to “solve the problems” until he was satisfied with the composition or the sensation he wished to convey. There would be no stagnation or arrested development in his exploration of paint. While he drew inspiration from all manner of scenes, subject matter took a back seat to artistic mastery.

As an art educator and historian, he was very much aware of the work of his contemporaries in the New York School movement, Fauvism, Abstract Expressionism, and influenced by the Matisse, Picasso and the father of modern art, Cézanne.

One small section of the exhibit will include his daughter Tisa’s creative pursuits as she too pushes herself. A few special pieces will be available only at the opening reception, April 5th along with Della-Volpe’s WWII drawings. Come on out to chat about the art!