Kay Ritter, TULIPS AND WATERMELON, oil on linen, 20 x 24 inches framed, $5,500.
We knew that Kay paints apples, but that led to another idea …
One thing we haven’t told you about Chapman Art Gallery is that we plan to hold special exhibitions. Quite a number of them! We want to keep the gallery lively. With that in mind, we’ve been chatting individually with our gallery artists to see what appeals to them. We’ve asked them if they could be ready for a solo or two-person show this year. We’ve also sought their reactions to ideas we’re batting around for group theme exhibitions. And we’re thrilled and grateful to find them enthusiastic at the prospect of participating in the fun.
We’re not quite ready to announce our schedule for 2017, but — just to give you an idea — a sampling of the themes we’re discussing includes “Pet Project,” paintings of our animal companions; “The Path Not Taken,” scenes with country lanes and roads; and “Tribute,” works honoring other artists.
Another idea had a working title of “A Is for Apple.” In talking to Rhode Island artist Kay Ritter, we figured she’d fit right into that because she paints still lifes. But she wondered if it would be an apple show or an alphabet show and that got us thinking: An alphabet show was a great idea! Assign each of 26 artists a letter and see how they interpret it! The word wouldn’t even have to be a noun (such as Q — one of the trickier letters — could be for “quiet” or “quaint”). But I is for “information” — as in, be expecting more of it! View more of Kay Ritter’s work