“COLOR AWAKENS” at Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery

Please join us for an exhibit that bursts in color and joy from the palette of Margery Thomas Mueller.  Large and small blooms painted in watercolor on Yupo paper will adorn the gallery walls beginning Saturday, July 24th with a reception to meet the artist from 5 to 7. Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery is located at 69 Maple Street in Center Sandwich.  Visit our website for more gallery information.

Margery Thompson Mueller, Blooming II, watercolor on Yupo paper, 60 x 33.25 inches.

Margery Thomas Mueller lives and works in Alton, NH.  Her large multi media paintings were first exhibited at Patricia Ladd Carega gallery in 2015 and at the Red Dot Gallery at Mueller’s studio.  Drawn in India ink and gesso on Yupo paper, an unforgiving industrial plastic, these paintings talked of troubled souls moving through the thickets of life. The travails of others dominated Mueller’s work at the time. As we continued to soldier through Covid, Mueller added decoupage birds to her branches, a symbol of freedom and flight.   

In her latest series of work on view at the gallery, India ink and gesso have given way to intense color.  Fascinated by the effects of watercolor on Yupo, this new series of work shimmers with the happiness of a garden in spring.   In Mueller’s words: “Liminal space…the world in between – between a world I live in and a world I listen to, that has always been what has driven my imagery.”  

Like all of Mueller’s work, the flower paintings are strong and energetic.  Though color impacts the first view, a second glance reveals how delicate this work is.  We welcome you to spend some time with Color Awakens.  Does it awaken a reaction in you?
 
Patricia Ladd Carega gallery is open from 10 to 5 Tuesday through Saturday and from 12 to 5 on Sunday.  We are closed on Monday but if the barn door is open, come on in.  603 284 7728.
 
Patricia Carega
Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery
www.patricialaddcaregagallery.com
603 284-7728