POETRY BY ROSE OLIVER

Rose Oliver

Find the square root of misery Divide by despair’s known ratio. Arrange in columns. Equate the known with the unknown, Assume there’s a proportion. Show all work. Let x equal the unsolvable And don’t ask why.

Meanwhile a Word Child believes hypotenuse a sort of hippopotamus, calculations foreign as that beast.

No nuance in numbers 2 plus 2 equals 4 And that’s that.

Numerals glower on the page, Sharp, angular, menacing.

The sum always exceeds it’s parts.

ROSARIUM PHILOSOPHORUM YANA VAN DYKE

Playing at the intersection of art & science, van Dyke creates works of art on paper and parchment with a deep-rooted understanding of traditional materials and techniques from the microscopic to the macroscopic. For more than thirty years she has been studying and practicing the art of intaglio printmaking, with copper as the matrix. Her experimental printmaking & painting techniques weave imagery born out of a naturalist, symbolist, alchemist; charged and characterized by their animistic atmospheres. Yana van Dyke holds a MS from the Winterthur/University of DE Program in Art Conservation, is a recognized Professional Associate of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, a member of the International Council of Museums Committee for Conservation, the Society of Winterthur Fellows, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and the Institute of Paper Historians. Yana van Dyke – https://www.linkedin.com/in/yana-van-dyke76639828/; https://metmuseum.academia.edu/yanavandyke; https://www.instagram.com/yanavandyke/?hl=en

SUMMER BOUQUET, OIL ON CANVAS, 30” X 30” KATE KNAPP

I have been studying painting seriously for over fifty years. Provincetown Massachusetts was where I began painting full time at the Impressionist Cape School of Art with Henry Hensche. The world of color and light was opened to me at that point and continues to be at the heart of my work. Over the years I have become more interested in the Expressionist outlook and try to communicate through my work how I feel about the subject I am painting. I try to paint from my heart, as it were, not so much from my head. I am very inspired by the work of Soutine and Charles Burchfield, to name a few. Both artists are well known for their personal interpretations of the world around them. Robert Henri is also an ongoing inspiration. His ideas set forth in his book “The Art Spirit” ever remind me how important it is to have an honest relationship with whatever it is I am trying to paint. By that I mean, be true to myself and stay as connected to my heart-felt feelings about the subject before me as is possible. Landscapes, portrait or still lifes are all of interest to me. Wherever I go, my eye is in love, and I am very grateful to have this life of painting to share with you. Kate Knapp - frontststudio@aol.com, 413-274-6607. More info also available at www.jessieedwardsgallery.com

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