June 3rd – July 10th

Reception Thursday, June 3rd, 5-7pm

We are pleased to present an exhibition of Vermont artist Gail Salzman’s new series ‘Shapes & Variations’ opening June 3rd. The works are gouache paint on paper representing abstract images that reference the natural world.

This is Salzman’s first series working with gouache and she is as adept at employing it as with her more frequently exhibited oil paintings and monotypes. The common theme has a sense of both staccato and fluidity in the contours and colors that create movement within the compelling, natural formations. Salzman annually spends part of summer painting in mid-coastal Maine, a place that renews her fascination with patterns and flotsam she calls ‘tidal gifts’.

“As I enhance some shapes and obscure others, a dynamic tension develops. Shapes meet, interact, and collide in a dance that takes on personal significance. During the past pandemic year, these ‘relationships’ created a world of escape, hope, and pleasure.”

We invite the public to a reception with the artist on Thursday, June 3rd, from 5 to 7 pm. Refreshment and socializing will take place outdoors; masks are required inside the gallery.

Born in New York, Gail Salzman has lived in northern Vermont for 50 years. She has been drawing and painting most of her life. After completing her BA degree in Fine Art from Indiana University at Bloomington, Gail studied painting at Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture and at New York Studio School, NYC.
Salzman’s paintings have been widely exhibited throughout the East Coast. Recent solo shows include New Paintings: Unknown Time & Place, 2018 at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne VT, and Soundings, 2013 at BCA Center in Burlington VT. Invitational exhibits include those at the Vermont Arts Council, Drawing Room Gallery in Cos Cob CT, BCA Center and Fleming Museum in Burlington VT, among numerous others.
Salzman received a Painting Award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) early in her career. In recent years, Salzman was awarded several grants from Vermont Arts Endowment Fund and Vermont Arts Council, as well as residencies at Virginia Center for Creative Arts and Vermont Studio Center. Her work is represented in permanent collections of University of Vermont Medical Center, Hotel Vermont in Burlington, Wake Robin Community in Shelburne VT, and in private collections throughout the USA and Canada.
Gail Salzman teaches advanced painting, experimental drawing and studio workshops at Burlington City Arts.

Link to Salzman’s artist page for more images in ‘Shapes & Variations’.