A time for reflection
“Laid Back, Eastern Chimpanzee, Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania’’(photo), by Tom Mangelsen, at Springfield (Mass.) Museums, in the ongoing show “Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards.’’
Clothing vs. figures
“Sisters With Pearls“ (acrylic), by Catherine Adams Burton, in the show “This is Us: Regional Portraiture Today,” at Springfield (Mass. Museums
The museum says that there is “ample paradox in Burton’s work, between the pageantry of the women’s clothing and the hard-cut outlines of their figures; between blended color and crisp definition of form. ‘Sisters with Pearls’ transcends regionalism, achieving the universal recognition of shared experience."
Right: Catherine Adams Burton, Sisters with Pearls, 2019, acrylic.