The Rockport Art Association is pleased to announce "Seeing The Light", a solo show of works by artist member Claudia Kaufman. The show will open with a reception on Sunday, November 27th 2011 from 2pm-4pm. Both the reception and show are open free to the public.
As a contemporary realist painter, Claudia Kaufman’s works are studies in observation - still life set-ups of familiar objects that are deceptively simple, yet complex. She challenges herself to translate the perceived three-dimensional world to a 2D field by observing and capturing the conditions of light, form, color and space through the painterly properties of oil paint. Stopping short of photo-realism, she works to keep the signs of her hand and brushstroke in her work and is particularly intrigued by the drama of light, transparency, reflection and shadows.
For Kaufman, the trick is in the looking and the seeing, the breaking down of an image to shapes of color, planes and spatial relationships. For her as a visual thinker, this is an art of observation and capturing those correct relationships is a long and rewarding road.
A resident of Marblehead, Massachusetts, Kaufman is a member of the Copley Society of Art, North Shore, Rockport and Marblehead Arts Associations and has been a frequent exhibitor and award winner in greater Boston area exhibits. She also is an oil painting instructor.
After receiving an undergraduate degree in studio art, she worked as a commercial artist in New York City and Boston followed by a career as marketing executive/creative director of a national healthcare technology company.
Kaufman has studied painting at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Mass College of Art and most recently completed a post baccalaureate residency program in painting at Brandeis University. Her studio practice is in Marblehead, MA.
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