Swimming Home

I was just puzzling over Kate Nelson's show title, Swimming Home, and finally gave up and asked her. She says:

"Home is where the heart is -- I paint from my heart. Though my paintings appear abstract, they portray the reality of my sensations about our watery home.
Swimming because the gestures in my work -- both the physical movement of my arm laying down the oil stick and the loopy, wavy forms and lines that are created -- mimic the fluid motion of a body propelled through water, water which calms me, suspends me, sustains me, inspires me."

Kate's show opens this Saturday in Wellfleet.

Niche Award!

We've been named one of NICHE magazine's Top Retailer of 2008 . We'd like to thank our producers, our stylists, our publicists and the folks who dust our shelves. Except we don't have any of that (except the dusting part), so we really need to thank our artists. They're the ones, after all, who nominated us.

"This awards program honors galleries and retailers for their commitment to supporting the artists." said Wendy Rosen, publisher of NICHE magazine. "It's not about the biggest sellers or fanciest shops. The Top Retailers are often mentors who work hard to build and maintain good relationships with emerging and established artists."

We're so glad someone noticed.

Check out the (surprisngly short) list of Top Retailers at www.AmericanCraft.com. Not only are we listed on their website, they gave us a fancy award to display. Come by and see it, won't you?

Kate Nelson

Kate Nelson's show, Swimming Home, opens this Saturday. Kate will be here from 6 to 8pm for a gallery reception on Saturday (8/30) and then the show will continue through September 12.

Kate's artistic path is varied and ever-changing - like the path of the outgoing tide on Brewster flats. She holds degrees in pre-medicine and art form the University of Massachusetts, where she was influenced by Chuck Close nad Keith Hollingworth. Kate has done post-graduate work at Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and at Cape Cod Conservatory. Formerly the principal of a graphic design firm Kate now devotes herself to abstract, non-representational painting and printmaking.

above: "Into the Loving Nowhere" oil on panel 22" x 18"

so long!

Our summer friends are going back to whatever they do in the winter - school, travel, life. Many thanks to them for a great summer. And many thanks to the folks who stay with us year round. Left Bank wouldn't be the same without your humor and grace.




Here's some of our Wellfleet crew, supporting local business (Mac's Shack). Just doing our bit to help! We recommend the tuna mango martini.

Twenty-One in Truro

Several Left Bank artists are participating in the Twenty-Eight in Truro exhibit, which runs Monday, September 8 through Friday, October 31 in the main galleries of Highfield Hall in Falmouth.

Gala Artist Reception
Saturday, September 6, 6 to 8pm.
Cocktails & hors d'oeuvres
Music by Four Guys in Tuxes
$100 per person

The show is open to the public 9/8 through 10/31.

Left Bank Artists who are part of this group are:
Michele Dangelo
Rosalie Nadeau
Kate Nelson
Carol Odell
Joyce Zavorskas

finishing touches

Fay came in a couple days after her show to sign some of her paintings.