Spring Palette
Sat, May 06
|Gallery 40
Artwork by artists Alaina Enslen and Sarah Fortner Pierson


Time & Location
May 06, 2023, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Gallery 40, 40 Cannon St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, USA
About the event
Artists Alaina Enslen and Sarah Fortner Pierson will fill the gallery with artwork that will bring the warm color palette of the spring. Sarah's artworks will be a celebration of flowers that have just started waking up from the winter; Alaina’s work will bring all the warm, light, bright and fresh tones.
From Sarah's own words: “ Nothing is more beautiful and alien than a close up view of a flower. They are full of spots and hairs, oddly shaped caverns and unexpected streaks of color. Even a humble daisy, with its white petals symmetrically arranged around a yellow center, holds mystery. Up close, its center is composed of miniature flowers which spiral outward from fresh buds in the center, to fading flowers, transforming into seeds, on the outer edges. The color and texture ranges from ochre and brown on the tattered edges to bright, orange powdery pollen midway, to…