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Creative Haverhill is offering “Where Color Meets Quiet,” a winter exhibition celebrating the work of three local women.
The free exhibition by Denise Chesky, Pixie Yates and Tina Rawson features painting, ceramics and mixed media is on display through Friday, Feb. 6, at Creative Haverhill, 43 Washington St., Haverhill.
“Winter can feel long and heavy, and this show is an invitation to pause, breathe and be reminded of how much color matters,” says Creative Haverhill Director Erin Padilla. “These three artists bring warmth, vibrancy and joy into the space at exactly the moment we need it most.”
Yates, a New York City and Massachusetts-based artist, designer, illustrator and educator, is known for her watercolor work inspired by urban life, everyday objects and the natural world. “I paint botanical shapes intuitively, add brush-dipped ink marks to define leaves and petal shapes and a splatter of color,” she says. The colors take me on the journey.” Her work features flowers, cafés, shop windows, cocktails, perfume bottles and other objects.
Rawson, a Swedish-American artist and educator, is said to be influenced by her time living in Sweden, surrounded by her mother’s weavings and her grandfather’s paintings. “Color, to me, is a revolt against what’s boring and bland,” she says. “I stand with strong women and I want to be heard. Bright colors help me express that.”
Chesky uses color in sculptural, shadow-box-style works that combine clay, wood, stone, glass and layered backgrounds. With a bachelor of fine arts from Montclair State University, Chesky began and evolved through jewelry design before returning to clay. “As a woman artist, I work with color as both structure and soul,” she says.
“Where Color Meets Quiet” gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. An artist’s reception, also open to the public, takes place Friday, Feb. 6, from 6-8 p.m.