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EMERGENCE
New Works by Kathleen George & Andy Matlow
April 10 – May 10, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 11, 3–5 pm
Emergence features a selection of new paintings by Kathleen George and ceramic vessels and sculpture by Andy Matlow. For both artists, the work is grounded in the transformation of natural materials, and creation of the inventive forms that emerge.
George’s series of acrylic and copper leaf paintings, based on her observations of corroding surfaces, are intricate abstractions, wonderfully suggestive and wide open to the viewer’s imagination. For Matlow, the act of creating has “a cyclical rhythm deeply rooted in the process of working with clay.” As the process unfolds his themes develop, exploration of form deepens, and new work emerges.
A selection of work from the exhibition — select an image to view in full
KATHLEEN GEORGE
ANDY MATLOW
Kathleen George has exhibited widely across metro-Boston and the North Shore, with recent shows at TAG Gallery in Boston, Gallery Twist in Lexington, Jane Deering Gallery in Gloucester and Decouvert Fine Art in Rockport. Kathleen was the subject of an interview featured in New England Art Magazine (2025 Sept/Oct issue) England Kathleen George – Art New England.
In the artist’s words: “I believe both making and viewing art offers us all a chance to see beyond regular life. It is a reflection and a path toward the deepest part of humanity: that spark that leads to a burst of flame or the drop that leads to the raging river.” Kathleen George
Andy Matlow believes in the cyclical rhythm, deeply rooted in the process of working with clay: Build, Dry, Bisque, Glaze, Fire. Begin again. Each cycle produces themes which link what came before to what will follow.
Andy enjoys the whim of fooling the viewer by making clay look like something else: rusty iron, buried coral, excavated relics. He is also fascinated by the language of symbols, which encompasses hieroglyphics, ancient alphabets, and equations. Andy’s received 1st prize, National Juried Show at Marblehead Art Association for his work titled Peeling. His work has been exhibited at On Center Gallery, Provincetown, MA and Mathew Swift Gallery, Gloucester, MA. Andy Matlow