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Thursday, October 08, 2009

"Mind Waves" opens at Kerredge Gallery Oct. 8

HANCOCK -- A reception and gallery talk for "Mind Waves," the new exhibit in the Community Arts Center’s Kerredge Gallery, will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight, Oct. 8, at the Arts Center in Hancock. The exhibit will run through October 31. "Mind Waves" is an exhibit of acrylic paintings by Bethany Stevens. They are inspired by the artist’s meditation practice.

"Mind waves are metaphors for thoughts that distract us from being in the present moment," states the artist. "Mind Waves" is considered Action Painting under the Abstract Expressionist movement. Her work is influenced by French Canadian artists, Jean Paul Riopelle and Marcelle Ferron, who were working in the 1940s in Montreal, Quebec, and by Mark Tobey, American abstract expressionist. She is also influenced by French Tachisme, (spontaneous brushwork, drips and blobs of paint straight from the tube), and Color Field Theory.

Bethany earned her Bachelor of Applied Arts degree from Central Michigan University in photography and sculpture. She is a studio artist, experiential art educator and gardener.

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