“Reaching Maturity” by Linda Murray will be among the works displayed at Heirlooms of Tomorrow during June.

Bath artists’ works featured in Farmington

FARMINGTON – Heirlooms of Tomorrow will feature Linda Murray of Bath as the artist for the month of June. An open house will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 1, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 2.

The public is invited, and refreshments will be provided. Murray will be in attendance to greet visitors and explain her work.

Murray said, “My works explore the internal world in relationship to the external world, and how our internal thoughts and intentions affect our volatile environment.

“This body of work reflects the exploration of my interior landscape. Each image replicates what I am thinking, feeling and being at the moment of its creation. I feel a connection to the natural world around me drawing on the earth, rock, water and the heavens for inspiration.

“The resultant images are dreamy landscapes suggesting celestial constellations, aquatic topography and rocky terrain.”

Murray said, “I begin these images using a wet-on-wet technique, allowing pools of pigment to create shapes that push, pull and sometimes explode across the surfaces, melding together, creating a powerful and dynamic image. There is a delicate balance between control and chaos with each image.’

She stated, “I sometimes employ a technique called Decalcomania, which was first used by Oscar Dominguez, a surrealist painter, in 1936, using gouache. The use of color is an important element in my imagery, for color evokes emotion and stirs memory. Circles provide an organic component in my work as a symbol of life. From the proton to an embryo, a seed, or a planet, the circle symbolizes life’s potential.

“Abstract imagery suggests objects and places like a vague memory or something from a dream. Ethereal landscapes take the viewer to a place they can go nowhere else but in my paintings. In either case, the viewer is left to interpret each piece based on their own perspective. Because outlooks and attitudes are constantly changing, each piece is in flux, responding to the impressions and the sensibilities of the viewer,” Murray said.

Heirlooms of Tomorrow is located on Routes 2 and 4, at 710 Wilton Road. Hours are Monday, Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.