Downstairs Gallery
“Bending the Mind’s Eye” – Paintings by Sarah Dobkin
Feb 29 -March 30, 2024

Holliston artist Sarah Dobkin, originally from western New York, studied art at Brandeis (BFA) and Pratt (MFA). She has exhibited her paintings in galleries on the East coast, and in Boston and Metro West.

Sarah has traveled widely, including Europe, Islands in South America, Israel, India, and more. She has called the greater Boston area her home since 2007. Her studio is in the Holliston Mills Artist complex. Most days you can find her in the studio painting, drawing, or with my family who are a source of inspiration as well as a constant reminder to live in the moment.

Sarah says of her work:
“All that I see, hear, and touch find its way into the images you see before you. Through an unapologetic devotion to abstraction, using shape, color, and texture, a conversation begins to form. From brushstrokes to glazed surfaces elements interact on the painted surface.

Drawing is also elementary, it helps to isolate concepts and join disparate ideas and bring them into being. I have always felt that the act of drawing and painting is a bridge that connects the artist to the word at large. I love building tension by carving out forms from negative space or abutting a curved line against a rigid wall. Layers of color, bold or translucent emerge and interact like characters in a play transfixed in time and space.

What inspires me most is seeing color fill space as it becomes vibrant, as if light spilled into a room, forever changing the mood.”

More of Sarah’s work can be found at: sdartstudio.com

There will be an Artist’s reception on Saturday, March 30,1-3 pm in the Downstairs Gallery of the APL.

“Inside the Illusion”

Upstairs Display Case
“Resin & Wood” – Functional Art Work for the Home
by Randy Weiner
March 5  – June 15, 2024

Randy Weiner has been a dentist for the past 37 years and enjoys the creativity of producing both functional and fashionable items for the home. For the past 5 years, he found his passion specifically working with wood and resin. The results are unique and beautiful charcuterie boards, which can be customized with college logos, nature scenes, or abstract designs; wall art featuring geometric block designs, or hobby themes; furniture including raw wood edge tables and desks; cutting boards, and more.
Since Randy started wood turning April 2023, he now makes vases and bowls.

To see more of Randy’s work, or to contact him to discuss a custom project visit:
viwww.resin-and-wood.com