Date: Fri 24-Sep-1999

Publication: Ant

Author: SHIRLE

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Martiesan-Bert-paintings

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Bert Gallery Will Exhibit Paintings By Paula Martiesian Through October

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Artist Paula Martiesian's "On the Road" will be exhibited

at the Bert Gallery from October 4 through 29. The Bert Gallery is located at

540 South Water Street and is open Monday through Friday, 11 am to 5 pm, and

Saturday 12 to 4 pm.

Martiesian compares her paintings to "freeway landscapes" -- fleeting glimpses

of places she may have seen many times before. The paintings in this show

represent the artist's visceral response to what she sees, in her garden,

driving in her car, and on neighborhood walks. What emerges from her snapshot

impressions are trees. They are the driving inspiration for these landscapes

and become the vehicle for containing what Martiesian considers most important

about her work: color.

Although carefully conceived, these paintings reflect the artist's need to

"seek the unexpected, to find surprises and incorporate serendipity into the

whole." For Martiesian, creating her paintings is like taking a long journey

where the traveling is as important as the final destination.

Martiesian graduated from the Rhode Island School of design in 1976 with a

degree in painting. Her work has been shown at the Providence Art Club and the

Happy White Gallery, as well as the Bert Gallery. She is editor and

co-publisher of Quix Art Magazine and is co-founder of Gallery Night

Providence. For more information about this exhibit, please call 401/751-2628.