Light and shadow at Gallery 90

C. E. Parry
Posted 10/4/24

Gallerist Linda Prentiss had seasonal changes in mind when she curated “Light and Shadow,” now on view through Oct. 13 at Gallery 90, in Center Moriches.

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Light and shadow at Gallery 90

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Gallerist Linda Prentiss had seasonal changes in mind when she curated “Light and Shadow,” now on view through Oct. 13 at Gallery 90, in Center Moriches.

Work by local artists featuring vivid color, high contrast, richly saturated light effects and macabre imagery, laced heavily with humor, are arranged throughout the space in a thoughtfully executed display.

Louise Weck’s Hopper-esque subjects present a world skillfully abstracted, with forms executed in vivid hues. Her clear knowledge of anatomy, composition, color, and relationships rendered in high contrast includes shadows that become an equal part of her focus.

Retired Riverhead cartoonist and illustrator Van Howell entertains with his fine hand. Black-and-white line drawings have rarely teemed with so much energy and expression.  Reminiscent of Charles Addams’s New Yorker cartoons, the fine lines create dramatic movement throughout, whether they depict the interior of a building or the landscape among trees.

Mary Jane Van Zeijts’s pastels are a subdued, colorful discovery of light’s effect upon marshes, the ocean beach, and our surrounding landscape at twilight.

Marlene Weinstein’s haunting, hand-colored photographs give off a sense of an austere gathering of ancient beings, communing at the tideline, or ghost trees awaiting the next storm.

And, in her black-and-white photographs, we see the interplay of multiple reflections: light on glass and windows.

Meanwhile, in Ray Germann’s ethereal beach scenes, water and shore meet and embrace, their grooves marking a statement of connection, even if short-lived.

And, finally, Beata Kruk’s Eastern-inspired monotypes of repetitive, natural forms that play with shadows against a textured background encourage us to see the world in a whole new light.

“Light and Shadow” is on display at Gallery 90 through Oct. 13, Saturdays and Sundays at noon until 5 p.m. 

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