Lorraine Peltz: Summer Bounce

View Exhibition: LORRAINE PELTZ - Summer Bounce
 

Opening receptions: Friday, July 23 | 5 - 7pm and Saturday, July 24 | 3 - 5pm

"In Summer Bounce, Lorraine Peltz gives us flora at their most verdant, at the glorious peak of their most anticipated season. Floral imagery is not new to Peltz’s practice, though in this latest series, flowers are rendered in a style far more realistic than she has used in recent years. Peonies, daisies, violets and lotuses are centered in her canvases, articulated carefully yet painterly, harkening to the still-life paintings of the Dutch Golden Age. But, unlike the subjects of still-lifes, Peltz’s bouquets are not situated in a naturalistic environment or illusionistic space; her blooms sit atop geometric patterned fields. Defined in pictorial space in this way, Peltz’s flowers are not just images of flowers -- they are symbols."

- Robin Dluzen, 2021