"A SENSE OF PLACE": PART II

July 14-September 4, 2000 The Newburyport Art Association and the Newburyport Maritime Society offered this collaborative art exhibition featuring the works of NAA members in figurative and abstract images of this marine region today and in the past. Part II included works in oil, acrylic, water-based media, pastel, mixed media and fine crafts. Robert Scott Jackson was guest curator. Mr. Jackson is a native of Newburyport and is a well-known regional painter and teacher. He started his full-time painting career as a member of the Newburyport Art Association in the 1960's and 1970's. He is a Copley Master at the Copley Society of Boston and is a graduate of the Vesper School of Art, Boston. The following works were featured, with comments by the guest curator.

Susan Kapusinski Gaylord, Newburyport, MA SPIRIT BOOK #14: MEDIATING SERVICE, Mixed Media. A small but nicely controlled use of evocative mixed media - spiritual and subtle, very nicely done. Robert Scott Jackson

Richard W. Johnson Newbury, MA E & J ON THE J & E RIGGIN Acrylic. Good use of medium. Traditional but with a good sense of modern "edge". Interesting "Duality" of subject. Robert Scott Jackson

Patti B. Russell Newburyport, MA SMALL BOAT LANDING ON THE MERRIMACK, NEWBURYPORT. Needlepoint embroidery. Very good design and superb execution. A quint essential "coastal" look. Robert Scott Jackson

Skip Motes Newburyport, MA NEWMAN ROAD Soft Pastel Excellent handing of medium. Controlled but daring. Gives a "memory-like" image and sense of time. Great control of values. Robert Scott Jackson

Janis H. Sanders West Peabody, MA HOUSE AT THE MARSH Oil. Daring and spontaneous use of paint. Color gives a "clean" sense of subject. Robert Scott Jackson

Yvonne Trabucco Beverly, MA HALIBUT POINT Acrylic. Good use of color and design. Traditional with a somewhat abstract execution. Nice feel of the shore. Robert Scott Jackson

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