Art in Natick

Natick Community-Senior Center: Exploring What We Value,
Through February
The work presented in this collection spans a wide time frame of Liza Curtis’s acrylic on canvas work. The animals and vegetables of the gold series are dripping in gold because for centuries gold has been a symbol of wealth, royalty, wisdom and holiness. Gold is a color we associate with value and importance, begging the viewer to consider what is of value to them. As a community do we value ourselves or our stuff? If it is true that we are what we eat, how do we value what we eat? Curtis would like the viewer of this work to consider the idea that what is most precious and essential is not what we wear on the outside, but what we wear on the inside. How do you value what you put on the inside? The vegetables and animals are wearing gold with the intention of placing the foods we eat in a position of the highest value for our survival and wellbeing.
Curtis received her B.S. degree from Skidmore College in Art Education. She is a co-owner and founding partner of the popular paint and wine destination Palettes located in Natick Center. For more information, visit www.lizacurtis.com.
Watercolors on Display at the Natick Community Organic Farm,
Through February 27
Ginger McEachern loves painting all things related to nature: flowers, fruits and vegetables and the seashore. She uses rich, deep, vibrant colors to bring her artwork to life. McEachern describes being completely in the moment when painting; all outside thoughts and worries disappear. Painting is therapeutic, relaxing and freeing.
In addition to painting, McEachern has illustrated children’s books with Kelly Darling, an author and friend. Their first book, A Fishy Tale, was printed in 2013; their second collaboration produced Rock Star!, completed in April 2015. She has also been an artist and owner at Five Crows Gallery & Handcrafted Gifts in Natick Center since 2002.