ECHOES OF PLACE

Rather than literally depicting the visible world, the four artists in this exhibition conjure echoes of places, metaphorical reverberations that blend observed landscapes with inner visions that compress location, time, and space.

Joseph Diggs draws inspiration from his Cape Cod surroundings, especially the view of Micah’s Pond outside his window. While his paintings are identifiable as landscapes, they are lyrical interpretations rather than precise depictions. Their luminous, shimmering surfaces and layered colors convey mood, pattern, and geometric form, sometimes verging on abstraction.

Marcy Hermansader’s mixed-media works on paper suggest a world beyond the everyday. Her dreamlike landscapes, sometimes inspired by places she has visited, function as maps of states of mind and feeling, shifting between introspection and engagement with broader issues. Working intuitively, she uses a range of media and techniques, at times incorporating vintage postcards or photographs into her drawings and collages as starting points for the composition.

Heather Lenz has long studied the natural world, representing it in layered paintings that capture aspects of plants, trees, water, and animals. Her Night Water series continues this interest in abstracting nature, using an overhead view to represent stars reflected in the water of a nearby pond. The resulting immersive images merge celestial patterns of stars and constellations with the shifting, fluid movement of water. Each painting becomes a record of a particular moment in time.

Sue McNally’s painting process is similarly intuitive. She begins with spontaneous marks on canvas and follows where they lead, allowing the work to evolve organically. Through electric color and dynamic shapes, textures, and gestures, she evokes a sense of place or season. Her scenes may seem familiar, yet they remain unidentifiable, transformed by the artist’s imagination.

—Rachel Rosenfield Lafo

Artist’s STATEMENTS

PRESS RELEASE (COMING SOON)