Lanoue Fine Art Boston: A Sneak Preview

Yesterday I delivered three pieces from my new series, Bystanders to Lanoue Fine Art on Newbury Street in Boston, MA. This is the first time that I am showing these encaustic and mixed media sculptures. This work and several other portraits from my series  Pilgrim Lake Library Committee and Francis County will be in Lanoue Fine Art’s June exhibition Lights, Camera…Click: Photography in Contemporary Art along with the work of Eric Zener and June Stratton–June 8-July 9, 2012.  I am honored to be newly represented by this wonderful gallery and look forward to my first exhibition next month.  I hope to see you there.

Susan Lanoue photographed me in the window with my Bystander, Byron Chattlebash next to Robin Luciano Beaty’s work.

From left to right: Bystanders Petra & Byron,  me and Susan Lanoue.

Lots of Waxy Goodness Happening in My Studio

I have been under the radar lately,  hunkered down in my studio preparing for a very busy month of June: my first exhibition at Lanoue Fine Art in Boston, Lights, Camera…Click: Photography in Contemporary Art, with Eric Zener and Julie Stratton–two exhibitions in Provincetown, MA, concurrent with the 6th International Encaustic Conference- Merge: Contemporary Print Invitational (see below) and presenters of the conference at the Schoolhouse Gallery .  At the conference I will be presenting Wax Collage: Beyond Technique..yes, still tweaking that, hotel fair, still prepping that.. an exhibition at Mark Gallery Englewood, NJ, Face to Face…and I have two paintings in The Kips Bay Decorators Show House in NYC.       ..more images to come.

Hot Off the Press: New Encaustic Printmaking

I wish I could be at the opening tonight of Hot Off the Press: New Encaustic Printmaking at the Gallery at R & F in Kingston, New York.

Made With Fire

2011, Encaustic Monoprint on Rives BFK, 24x 18" ©David Clark

 There will be print demonstrations at the gallery from 2-4pm followed by an opening reception from 5-7pm. If you are in the area, it’s a must see. Curated by David Clark Hot Off the Press: New Encaustic Printmaking includes the work of  Diana Gonzalez Gandolfi, Jane Guthridge, Kathleen Lemoine, Alexandre Masino, George Mason, Paula Roland and David Clark.

Newly Represented By Lanoue Fine Art

I am thrilled to announce that I am now represented by Lanoue Fine Art, 125 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

I look forward to working with Susan Lanoue and her staff on the June exhibition of Lights, Camera…..the Role of Photography in Contemporary Painting and Mixed-Media. I will be exhibiting with Eric Zener and June Stratton.                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Catherine Nash: In My Studio and In My Head

A full-time studio practice is mostly a solitary life. You work for months and years making art.  In the studio you make decisions about yourself, the world, your message and your materials.  A lot of the those thoughts are in your work,  but some are suspended in the air to grasp at another time.   Occasionally you interpret your studio experience in an artist statement, a blog or a magazine article. When the time comes, you move the art from your studio to a public venue where you speak to others about it. Then you leave your art, imbued with a visual vocabulary that you have created to communicate with the viewer in your absence. Everything else is left behind in your studio.  It’s all very tidy. Then one morning Catherine Nash comes to your door with a video camera, still camera and her husband, photographer Robert Renfrow to explore the nooks and crannies of your studio and your head for her upcoming book  Authentic Visual Voices: CP&E. (Contemporary Paper & Encaustic)- a working title.

Yesterday  Catherine Nash and Robert Renfrow were, indeed, in my studio to interview me for  Authentic Visual Voices: CP&E. Contemporary Paper & Encaustic.  While I usually prefer to be cloistered in my studio, I had the best day with Catherine and Robert.

Catherine Nash

I would rather be behind the camera, than in front, but I survived. The warm, wonderful and gracious Catherine Nash immediately put me at ease. Her questions were well researched and insightful, which made my job easier.  My only regret is that I did not get to hear more about her extraordinary coast to coast journey to the other artist studios. I am honored to be included in this remarkable project. I eagerly await the publication of Authentic Visual Voices: CP&E. Contemporary Paper & Encaustic.

I surprised Catherine and Robert by taking the first first photo of the day.

Robert Renfrow

Robert Renfrow and Catherine Nash.

Wax: Medium Meets Message postcard

Lachesis II, encaustic and mixed media, 40x24"
© Marybeth Rothman

Wax: Medium Meets Message at the Morean, St. Petersburg, FL.

Morean Arts Center

Installation of my work in Wax: Medium Meets Message:

Right of desk: Lachesis II, encaustic and mixed media, 40x24",
©2010 Marybeth

Opposite the desk, right: Awaiting Winston's Arrival, encaustic and mixed media, 40x24"
© Marybeth Rothman

Top: Thursday at West Tisbury Academy, diptych 40x80", encaustic and mixed media
© Marybeth Rothman
Bottom: Laura Moriarty

Left: Hugh 7:37 am, 36x40", encaustic mixed media
Center: Laura Moriarty
Right: Regarding Pearl Street, 40x36", encaustic mixed media
© Marybeth Rothman