RIDGEFIELD, CT – From Thursday, February 24 through Friday, April 16, 2011, Rockwell Galleries at 470 Main Street will present the work of artist/printmaker Sally Frank of North Salem, NY. Tree Work, is a collection of etchings, monotypes and drawings inspired by trees, forests and natural landscapes of the Northeast. The public is invited to an opening reception to meet the artist on Thursday, February 24 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
Spider Laurels, monotype, 2010
Ms. Frank uses centuries-old printmaking techniques like etching and aquatint on copper plates, as well as innovative methods like solarplate intaglio. She says that although her work is grounded in drawing, she finds the unpredictable nature of printmaking inspirational and exciting.
Originally from Chester County, PA, Sally Frank has exhibited her work in galleries in Connecticut, New York and Florida. Trees and woodland landscapes are the main focus of her prints and drawings, which capture the beauty as well as the harshness of nature. “Nature can be remote to many in today’s busy world,” she says. “I try to make it more familiar and to share what it is that inspires me about nature; like the dignity of an old oak or a weather-beaten sugar maple. I try to communicate the quiet of the forest; the sound of leaves rustling in the canopy and beauty of soft sunlight filtered through the patterns of leaves and branches.”
Sally Frank’s work can be viewed at www.sallyfrank.net. For gallery hours and further information call (203) 894-8000.
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The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see Nature all ridicule and deformity, and some scarce see Nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, Nature is Imagination itself.
- William Blake, 1799, The Letters
