Tilting The Axis
New Paintings by Mary Giammarino
July 30th - August 12th, 2021
Four Eleven Gallery is proud to present Tilting the Axis: New Paintings by Mary Giammarino. This is Giammarino’s third summer show with the gallery.
Giammarino’s process is committed to a rigorous examination of the Outer Cape landscape. Her paintings examine what’s seen in the landscape, but also what’s intuited and felt in the body. As a result, her paintings have a profound sense of presence. In relation to this body of new work, Giammarino says, “What’s before me is the same as what was. I am drawn to the way it looked yesterday, today, and tomorrow. The world breaks open when you find the infinity in sameness.”
Giammarino’s devotion to light and color is evident in all of her paintings, reflecting her passion and devotion to capturing the exquisite drama of nature’s fleeting moods. Grounded in an Impressionist palette and technique of placing one color next to another, her work is less idealized than traditional Impressionism and contemporary by design. While Giammarino makes her home in Vermont, she’s returned to Provincetown to paint, study, and teach every summer since 1989.
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, JULY 30th, 7-9pm