MaryBeth Thielhelm "Unclaimed Waters"
Sears-Peyton Gallery
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MaryBeth Thielhelm has been painting water for seven years, but her obsession with what she calls the “elemental, uncontrollable, and immeasurable ocean” started when she was a child and has been woven throughout her life. She grew up in Saudi Arabia where she was mesmerized, not only by the deep emerald-green Persian Sea, but also the warm dusty light playing over the shifting sands of the water-like desert. After graduating from art school, Thielhelm spent many blissful months on the island of Santorini in Greece where she described the Aegean Sea as “seductive and transcendent.” After moving back to New York, MaryBeth saw a show of photographs by Hiroshi Sugimoto at the Sonnabend Gallery and was inspired by the way he captured the massive yet silent experience of those waters.
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from October 10, 2008 to November 15, 2008
Opening Reception on 2008-10-10 from 18:00 to 20:00