6 Painted Chairs
Functional Art and Jazz Gala

November 19, 2011 6:00pm- 8:00pm    
13 Depot Square, Lexington

Last chance to win a hand painted chair by one of Lexington's talented artists and to participate in a live auction of 8 functional art creations


For additional information and to RSVP please call 781-862-1703

Calendar



The six chairs will be on tour throughout Lexington this spring, summer and part of fall at various establishments and events

Chairs Exhibited at:


May- Fancy Flea Antiques- All 6 chairs 1841 Mass Ave.

        June – Personal Cleaners & Tailors - East Lexington – All 6 chairs
854 Mass Ave

                    July – August – William Raveis Real Estate – one chair (selling tickets)
1713 Mass Ave
La Flamme Barber Shop – 2 chairs
1796 Mass Ave
Cambridge Trust Bank – 3 chairs
1690 Mass Ave

·         September – October – November
Eagle Bank – All 6 chairs
1768 Mass Ave

Raffle Tickets sold at the following locations for $10 each:

May – November



       Lexington Historical Society Office/ The Depot 13 Depot Sq. 781-862-1703

       Patricia Perry, co-chair 781.861.6347 p-perry@comcast.net

         Christina Gamota, co-chair 781.863.8969 christinag16@verizon.net

          Crafty Yankee/1838 Mass Ave. - 781 863 1219

          William Raveis Real Estate/1713 Mass Ave.– 781 861 9600

         Cambridge Trust Bank/1690 Mass Ave.– 781 863 0976

Events:
 

          July 29th – 125th Anniversary of Lexington Historical Society, The Depot

          October 1st – East Village / 755 Mass Ave.

          October 16 – Lexington Historical Society Fall House Tour

          October –Lexington Farmers Market /Corner of Mass Ave & Woburn St.

Participating Artists

    Dutch Treat – B. Glee Lucas

Good Bye Picasso-Emily Passman

Dutch Treat


“Dutch Treat” is my interpretation of two works (“Garland” and “Vase with Flowers”) by the master of Dutch floral painting, Jan Davidsz de Heem (1606-1683/84).  I fell in love with these works during a trip to Holland several years ago.  The floral displays would not, of course, have been possible to paint in a single time period during de Heem’s lifetime. Lilies and tulips, although widely available now, were quite rare during the late 1600s and bloomed at different times of the season.  It is likely that the composition was filled in over a period of months or years as flowers became available. 

  B. Glee Lucas
Studio #300-A
450 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
617.869.5349

Bling!Bling!- Natalie Warshawer

Good Bye Picasso


This chair became a palette for an investigation into the process and product of my artwork. I paint, I decorate surfaces, I look at a still lifes, landscapes, a figure, and struggle to paint the essence if them instead of trying to depict. That becomes the challenge and sometimes the breakthrough of my paintings on canvas. I often question my motive for the desire to paint in different techniques and styles, and I struggle with the question regarding my artistic authenticity.
Having taken on this chair project I looked through many books on Picasso containing colorful and inspiring works, and celebrated the diversity of his many stages. His ability to exhaust all the stages, styles and periods of his work proves to any artist that varied styles and techniques may not be a sign of indecisiveness, immaturity or being stuck in a state of searching for one’s style.
  This chair has images I have made my own, yet all the designs are based on Picasso’s vision. The face at its center is that of Jacqueline Roque. She was the second wife of Pablo Picasso and his frequent model. Picasso spent the last 20 years of his life with Roque, during which time he created more than 400 portraits of her.

Paper Chaise- Karen Watson

Bling!Bling!


The Bling Bling title came when I decided to add
all the fake gemstones to it. With all the other
colors and brush marks it reminded me of a
model wearing lots of bling with her colorful
ensembles. When you asked if it had a title it just
popped into my head, Bling Bling.



There’s even bling underneath where I signed
and named it.

Glorious Morning-
Carol L. Rose Camelio

Paper Chaise

Paper Chaise is created out of my love for art, collage, beauty, elegance. I love paper,color, design, pattern, texture, shapes and especially circular shapes. Paper Chaise began as a plain, but lovely wooden chair, which I have entirely covered with beautiful papers in my own designs.

I began by gluing large areas of golden paper onto the wooden chair, and then adding other colors, textures, and shapes, making my design up as I went along. As I covered more areas with the collage, I began to have an artistic conversation with the chair. I was inspired to create a flow of colors and shapes to the form of the chair,until the paper became the chair and the chair became the paper. The chair was then magically transformed. It was fancy and elegant, and had become Paper Chaise.


*Chair is "Chaise" (feminine) in French

Harrington Elm-
Joyce Collier Fearnside

Glorious Morning

  When I first saw the chairs for the Munroe Tavern Fundraiser in their original state after Pat Perry’s husband, Dick, had constructed them, I had no doubt that the organic curves would lend themselves nicely to the shape of a Colonial Garden flower.
    After some research into the types of flora that may have been in bloom during Colonial Times, the Morning Glory came readily to mind.
    The phrase “Glorious Morning” had been connected to that fateful day on April 19, 1775 when liberty shone bright on the horizon. How fitting to name the chair for that very day particularly since it was created in support of a building that literally once supported the people responsible for that memorable event.
    The billowy fluted petals with vibrant colors of blues and pinks are breathtaking and the curved chair back easily mimics the flower’s form while vines delicately flow, entwining the seat and legs.
    The black base makes for a dramatic background to showcase this magnificent flower as accents of gold outline areas of the blossom, heart-shaped leaves and vines, embellishing this functional yet throne-like homage to our Colonial heritage.

The Harrington Elm

  Not only is the Munroe Tavern an historic building for our town Lexington, but the trees that have lived there. Jonathan Harrington planted an American elm on the right front side of the tavern in 1732. This elm held the horse-hitching nail well for all its visitors. His son, Jonathan Harrington was the youngest on the Lexington green on April 19th, 1775 and a fifer. This Harrington was the oldest survivor of the battle and lived to the age of 96.
    The Liberty elm (as it was called) reached seventy feet high, sixteen feet in circumference and a stately spread of ninety feet before it succumbed in the twentieth century to Dutch elm disease.
    The historic trees of Lexington have long held my interest as an artist. The American elm has a varied bark texture, while the curving branches reach high for the smallest creatures to come live there. This chair has the fourteen pointed leaves from both the summer green and bright yellow of fall. The ‘mourning cloak’ butterfly and caterpillar, the ‘question mark’ butterfly and the ‘tiger’ moth are present on this chair as well. Look for the twin oak acorns and the maple wings tucked under the seat. The ‘Hall’ yellow violet also creeps up one leg of this chair. Included as well are the birch, maple and oak tree leaves that are also prominent in our Lexington landscape.