“Spring Assurance and Fall Endurance” (oil on canvas), by Gayle Mandle, in the group show “HOUSEGUESTS: Endurance,’’ at Atelier Newport (R.I.), Dec. 18-Jan 18.
Members of this revolving group, the gallery says, provide visual metaphors for “the bump and bruises’’ we all endured in 2021 and the perseverance we needed to get through it.
“The show focuses on female artists, women who devote their lives to the arts and their families….
“Gayle Mandle's recent paintings are inspired by her late husband, Roger Mandle {who served as president of the Rhode Island School of Design}, and and his love of nature and gardening. That artisanal of beauty witnessed from her studio view inspired this body of work. She celebrates Roger's handiwork with a series of paintings entitled, ‘Seasonal Quartet’.
“These paintings are also inspired by Roger's love of poetry. The paintings are paired with poems he had written over the years”
