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EXETER —Ree Hall Katrak’s abstract paintings and Anne Marie Kenny’s Industrial Quilts fill the front gallery this March and April at Art Up Front Street Studios & Gallery in Exeter. 

Inspired by the concept of a "grid", the contemporary artworks in this two-person exhibit contrast widely in materials yet they are similar in their individual interpretation of process and aesthetic. Bold color and loose mark-making combined with intriguing industrial materials create excitement in this collaboration by Katrak and Kenny.

Ree’s paintings are distinctive in color and abstract mark making. Her process is influenced by current modern themes and the expressionist movement. "My art is more from the heart than the mind", says Katrak. "It is an expression of thought and feeling." Her process starts out spontaneously.... then progresses in a more considered intentional way.

Katrak was born in San Francisco, CA and currently lives in Exeter, NH. Her work has been shown nationally in galleries and is included in numerous private collections.

Anne’s Industrial Quilts are inspired by textile history, the Industrial Revolution, the Amoskeag and Lowell Mills, and the “Mill Girls”. Her quilts emphasize the contrast between machine-made versus hand-made. Kenny explains, "My art parallels progress, modern industry, and invention. These influences inspire new forms of expression and aesthetics for me."

Currently, one of Kenny's quilts is on view in the Gee’s Bend Quilt exhibit at the Currier Museum of Art. Her work incorporates salvaged 1980’s and 1990’s cast-off computer parts, electronic parts, and microchips from businesses in NH and the Amoskeag mills, wire-cloth, patina painted on copper, hair, garment paper, sewing needles, with wire hand-stitching.

The pieces in this exhibit were a year in the making. Anne’s Industrial Quilts have been exhibited internationally and are included in the permanent collection of the Currier Museum of Art and the Museum of Arts Design in NY City. Her work is in numerous corporate and private collections.

Anne was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and currently lives in Exeter, NH.

Meet the artists at the opening reception for the public on Sat., March 25, 3-8 p.m. Light refreshments and beverages will be served. The exhibit runs through April 18, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Families and children are welcome. In addition to the exhibit, you can walk through the seven artist studios at Art Up Front Street Studios & Gallery.

Free parking on-street and in the left driveway side back lot at the gallery.

For more information, contact amkennyart@comcast.net / 603-867-3988 or artupfrontstreet@gmail.com / 603-418-6286.

For further information, visit www.artupfrontstreet.com.

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