Senior Seminar Show  2006 April 24 - May 13 Opening Reception Wednesday, April 26, 4:30 p.m. Works by: Angela Catalfamo, Caitlyn Clark, Jennifer D’Elia, Adrienne Haduch, Gwen Puglia, Stacey Starr, Gary Stevens, and Nick Franchi With music by the Assumption Chamber Strings!

Jonathan Lucas received his BA in Studio Art with honors from Clark University and his MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts / Tufts University.  Following graduate school, he taught photography as an adjunct instructor at Worcester State College and Anna Maria College.  Moving to New York in 1998, he worked as a fine art black and white printer in Manhattan for galleries, museums, and assorted publications.  Returning to Massachusetts after six years, he found work teaching at the Worcester Center for Crafts, Assumption College, Worcester State College, and maintains a studio on Webster Street.

Jonathan has exhibited his work in New York, Massachusetts, and is affiliated with the galleries Denise Bibro Fine Art, Inc. (NY) and Gallery Kayafas (MA).

Artist’s Statement:  The Rorschach Test series plays off of the tension between intimacy and distance.  The images are presented small to lure the viewer into a space where flesh is closely examined.  However, it is not entirely apparent as to what this flesh is -- forcing the viewer back while drawing the viewer forward.  While being erotic, the flesh does not wholly offer itself.  It is both what it is and what you want it to be.

Whether we speak of the intimacy of an Imogen Cunningham, the graceful, but more objectified, images of a Mapplethorpe, or the crudity of a John Coplans, these Rorschach Tests continue and advance the long explorational line of the body.

Karen Shortsleeve  graduated from the University of Hartford Art School with a degree in Fine Art and Education in 1979. After graduation, I taught Studio Art at St. Peter- Marian from 1979-1984. 

In 1984, I started a hand painted clothing business in order to stay home with three young sons, painting original floral and abstract designs on clothing for various stores in and around Worcester. I also created tee shirt designs for some clothing companies on Cape Cod.

Artist's Statement          
I “paint” with Prismacolor colored pencils. I do portraits with fine detail and multiple layers of colored pencil on Stonehenge paper.  I try to capture the spirit of the subject as well as the likeness. One of my favorite models is my youngest son Andrew. He has Autism. I love to try to “understand” Andrew through a drawing.  

I also do landscapes. The beach is my favorite subject. I like to contrast architectural forms with the natural landscape or seascape. I start with a watercolor underpainting, and then I apply many layers of colored pencil. The Stonehenge paper can hold upwards of 10 different layers of color. The more layers of color, the deeper and richer the work becomes.

Rosemary Marshall studied at the Art Institute of Boston and has been working as an artist in the Worcester area for 30 years.  My work ranges from corporate design to calligraphy to watercolors to jewelry.  My current day job is grill cook at Charlie's here at Assumption College.  I enjoy coaching youth sports and I'm a big Red Sox fan.  I am married with six children and one grandchild.

Artist's Statement
The artwork that you see here is an anthology of sorts...various pieces from my own collection.  My specialties are watercolor and calligraphy, sometimes a combination of the two.  I also make jewelry, mostly of a whimsical nature.  The vast majority of my work is commissioned pieces, mostly watercolor house portraits, which are in private collections all over New England and beyond.    Since a picture is worth a thousand words - GO LOOK!!

John Redick

Abstract Variations
October 17 - November 25, 2005
Opening Reception, Wednesday, October 19, 4:30 p.m.

I do abstract paintings and landscapes that portray the wildness of nature in the mountains, the sea and the wonderful forms of windswept sand dunes. I use a non-traditional technique. It is important that the paintings not show the technique, to look natural without noticeable drawing or brushwork. The effects of controlled accident or chance are fundamental to this process. I use acrylic enamel.

http://www.er3.com/john/

"Ode"

"Nebulous" 18 x 18"

David A. Marshall Vivacity* August 29-October 14 *The quality or state of being vivacious. Tenacity of life; vital force; natural vigor. Life; animation; spiritedness; liveliness; sprightliness; as, the vivacity of a discourse; a lady of great vivacity; vivacity of countenance. Opening reception: September 7, 2005, 4:30 p.m., Emmanuel d'Alzon Library
	"State Street" 24 x 18"

Marshall's "Pine Street Studios" (41 Pine Street in Portland, Maine) is open to the public monthly for the "First Friday Art Walk." He is the artist in residence at Portland West, a non-profit social service agency that is less than one block from his studio. In collaboration with Portland West, he works with teenagers on large-scale murals as community restitution projects. Marshall is fulfilling his philosophy of bringing renewal through art.

Artist's Statement: Through bold color and high contrast my artwork depicts the drama of nature, the intricate architecture of humankind, and the blind optimism that I feel for the earth and its inhabitants. Painting plein air style--directly from nature on site--is my favorite process as it expresses the artistic experience of being submerged in a space at a given time. As an artist, I aspire to create prolifically and spread my art to inspire positive, creative energy.

http://www.DAMfineart.com/