Join members of The Front for a talk given by Alexandra Bottinelli, whose exhibit "art is process" is on display through the end of March.

Bottinelli has been a member of The Front gallery since 2023. Years ago at the Vermont Studio Center, she discovered encaustics (beeswax, resin, pigment) and began using this medium for her collage work. At the same time, she was collecting pieces of Maine driftwood each summer, "not always clear what I would do with them." Eventually the beeswax melded into the wood work. Principles that guide her process are "drawing on iconic memories, enough of nothing, serenity amid chaos."

For more than three decades Bottinelli has become known for her collage paintings and found-wood assemblages. Her work has been shown in Maine, from the Leighton gallery in Blue Hill, and the Elan Gallery in Rockport; to Studio Place Arts in Barre, the Kent Museum in Calais, and university shows at Norwich University, Goddard College, and Castleton and Johnson State Colleges. She lives and works in Hardwick, Vermont.

Alexandra Bottinelli / art is process : Artist's talk Friday, March 22, 5:00 pm
The Front, 6 Barre Street in Montpelier
info@thefrontvt.com - (802) 552-0877

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