By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
A rainy Saturday afternoon recently presented a perfect opportunity to visit the Zullo Gallery, where the gallery’s 28th Annual Juried Exhibition began on September 17. The Juried Exhibition is significant in that it allows local artists the opportunity to showcase their work in their own backyards.
The Zullo’s most recent Unique Impressions VII featured various monotypes, with over sixty submissions. This new exhibit features naturalistic image transfers, oil paintings, abstract monotypes, pastels, acrylics and a variety of watercolors — and there is quite a variety.
Music played lightly on a speaker, and the atmosphere was simple and relaxing for Hometown Weekly’s visit to the gallery. Individual elements sparkled in the light and elicited emotion out of viewers passing by the gallery on the gray afternoon. The pieces on display screamed for more than just a fleeting glimpse, as each one differed from the one next to it.
There are plenty of highlights, though we cannot possibly mention them all.
The contrast of colorful pastels with woodblock prints in Wade Zahares’ “Bluebell Cottage” and Diane Francis’ “Going Up” depict duality of architecture.
Colors dance just like the child subjects of Duncan Reid’s acrylic and gold leaf on wood, “Lunar Activity”.
A paper pulp painting, “Halibut Point” by Stephen Gatter, melds together into a statement piece that is even more beautiful in person.
Meanwhile, clear photographs of wildlife and clouds make viewers want to jump right in.
The Zullo Gallery has long been beautifying Medfield with its curated exhibits, and this season’s represents another compelling entry. The 28th Annual Juried Exhibition runs at the Zullo through November 5, and it is very much worth your visit.
