A Gallery Show: Furniture by David Hurwitz, Paintings by Renee Bouchard

2011 August 22

by David

I’ve been meaning to post some photos from a gallery exhibit I did in July. I showed my handmade furniture with paintings by my friend Renee Bouchard of Bennington, Vermont at Towle Hill Studio in Corinth, Vermont.

I had never shown my work exclusively with paintings before, and Renee had never shown her work with furniture. It seemed to work really well, and it was interesting to see how the whole show came together as we hung the show. I loved seeing my furniture with Renee’s work. Different vignettes of paintings and furniture emerged, and it was interesting for both of us to see common threads in how our work related, whether through color, pattern, texture or forms.

Renee works in a really great variety of different materials. She uses oil paints, watercolor, pen and ink, graphite, acrylics, metallic powders, and even little elements of collage in some pieces. I really admire the fact that she pushes herself to explore all these different materials, and approaches taking creative risks fearlessly.

Renee had her work for this show reviewed in Art New England magazine! It’s a nice review, and features a photo of one of her paintings.

I completed a new Large Walnut Taffy Mirror for this show. It is 38″ wide x 23″ high x 2″ deep. I will post it on my website soon, but for now a photo of it is featured below.

Special thanks to Mark and Lora Nielsen, owners and organizers of Towle Hill Studio and it’s annual series of artist exhibits, and to Jamie Franklin, for his curatorial expertise and patience in helping hang the show and all the many details leading up to it.

Here are the photos from the show:

(click images to enlarge)