The Pleasure of Portraits: Paintings by Bertie Bonnell

When

Friday July 17, 2015: 9:00am to Sunday August 30, 2015: 6:00pm

Where

Downtown Library: 3rd Floor Exhibit

Description

Ann Arbor artist Bertie Bonnell’s evocative acrylic paintings, in colors often glowing, at times brooding, are atmospheric interpretations of each person and their surroundings.

She comments, “I’ve endeavored to capture the expression and the chromatic essence of a person, to create a tightly woven composition, and to knit the figure seamlessly into the background. The brushwork is spontaneously messy when seen up close, but from a few feet away seems realistic.”

Bonnell, a lifelong painter and third generation artist, attended New York City’s School of Visual Arts before she moved to Ann Arbor. In 2006, her “Porches and Gardens” series was exhibited at AADL.