BLUE MOUNTAIN GALLERY
530 West 25th Street 4th Floor
New York NY 10001
Cosmic Views: Recent Paintings by Janet Sawyer
May 20 - June 14, 2008
Artist Reception Thursday, May 22nd, 5-8 PM.
This exhibition focuses on Sawyer’s current series of observed and imagined astronomical phenomena. Also included are three paintings from the Willow series which she began after her previous New York exhibition of marine paintings.
"Sawyer paints with dashing spontaneity and easy informality."
—Lawrence Campbell, Art in America, 1990.
"Sawyer’s affection for the moment is clear in the way she avoids following any obvious historical tradition. The world is taking place all at once in her work.... the childlike perspective acts as a metaphor for delight."
—Jonathan Goodman, Art in America, 1999.
"The paintings have a buoyant . . . immediacy."
—Ken Johnson, New York Times, 1998.
Janet Sawyer lives in Montauk, N.Y. Her work is in collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and many corporate and private collections. She has had 15 solo shows in New York, Paris and other places. Her work has been reviewed in The New York Times, Art In America, Art News, Arts Magazine, Ms. Magazine, Where New York Magazine, and other publications.
For further information:
email: JanetSawyerPaint@aol.com
phone: Blue Mountain Gallery 646 486 4730
exhibition preview: www.JanetSawyerPaintings.com
Blue Mountain Gallery hours: 11 to 6 Tues-Sat