For IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Cecily Herzig’s exhibition of oil and watercolor paintings titled
Sometimes in the Night will be on view in the August L. Zollikofer
Gallery in the Hotel Coolidge, 39 South Main St., White River
Junction, VT from January 19 – March 16, 2011.
The artist’s reception will be hosted on Friday February 4, from 5:00
PM – 7:00 PM and is free and open to all.
Cecily Herzig graduated cum laude from Mount Holyoke College with a
degree in Studio Art and a second degree in Environmental Studies.
Since her undergraduate days, she has avoided labels and endeavored to
evolve ever forward with her work. To maintain a fresh perspective
she has worked in a diverse range of mediums including prints,
watercolors, oils and felt. She began exhibiting with a series Crayon
Creature drawings and oil paintings.
In her new watercolors you will often find cryptic phrases and odd
bits of text placed very deliberately throughout the work. One is
overtaken with the impression that these words have real meaning at
real moments in her life experience. By pairing the carefully rendered
creatures with the interspersed phrases the viewer is provided with a
license to create the moments for themselves. Thereby, producing a
challenging truthfulness that is rarely seen outside of
representational or even photorealistic styles.
“While creating and looking at art I am fascinated by the little
moments: the 1” square filled with an intricate interplay of color,
the periwinkle smudged with white melting into orange, the approach of
yellow in the middle of the night, the sudden jag or subtle curve of a
line...overheard conversations, bits of text... All those vignettes of
sight & sound adding up to present something unexpected.”
Cecily Herzig’s work currently hangs in the headquarters of the
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund in New York City and has been sold in
fundraisers by the Human Rights Campaign. Her work hangs in many
private collections throughout the United States including New
England, New York and Monterey California.
For more information contact the Hotel Coolidge 802-295-3118 or
Cecily Herzig at 802-765-4941 or ceweasily@gmail.com or visit her
website www.usedlipstick.com
