December Wotiz Gallery

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

TIME: LOCATION: Wotiz Gallery CONTACT: Jean Hlady

Long-time residents of Milton painter Joyce Caggiano and photographer Owen Hartford will show a collection of their artwork in our Wotiz Gallery from December 3rd through the 30th.  This exhibit is called “From the Beginning…A Journey in Visual Arts.”  Experience the relationship between photography and other forms of visual art.  On display are paintings that are mostlky derived from photos.  This exhibit demonstrates that photography stands as its own work and at the same time as an inspiration for alternative expressions of the same scene created in other media.  Artists often resists beginning an artwork with someone else’s photo.  Some believe that this is “copying” rather than creating original art.

The December display contains a collection of photos and completed paintings and drawings derived from photographed images.  It is the process of artist, Joyce Caggiano, moving from an image, in most cases a photographic image, to a completed art piece.  No all efforts are successful, never the less, all efforts are valued.  Working in collaboration with Owen Hartford, an experienced master of photography, this show demonstrates the intricate relationship between photography and painting.  A section of this exhibit called “Grief” was completed by Caggiano after the death of her husband of 30 years in 2017.

There will be a free and open reception held in the Gallery on Thursday, 12/5, from 6-8 PM so please stop by and meet the artists and enjoy the art.

Questions?  Email jhlady@milton.ocln.org or call the Reference Dept. at (617) 898-4964.  We hope you will stop the MPL by to view this lovely exhibit during December.