Colorful memories

Brenda Cirioni, “Reminiscence” (mixed media), by Brenda Cirioni, in her joint show with Ellen Harasimowicz, “Terra Firma,’’ at Three Stones Gallery, Concord, Mass., through June 18.

— Image courtesy: Three Stones Gallery

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The gallery says that Cirioni's abstract artwork, inspired by her garden and using natural tones and shapes, is paired with the documentary photography of Harasimowicz. Ms. Cirioni lives in Stow, Mass.

Town center of Stow

— Photo by Tim Pierce

Against the world

“Madonna and Child” (mixed media collage on paper, oil, ink, beeswax), by Lexington, Mass.-based artist Sirarpi Walzer, in the joint show “Efflorescence,’’ with Patricia Ganek, at Three Stones Gallery, Concord, Mass., through Aug. 27.

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The artist, who is also an engineer, writes on her site:

“My poetic abstractions spring both from meditations on nature and from memories that are distilled into single dramatic moments. The energetic surfaces imply an ongoing tension between freedom and containment, edging the viewer closer to that place where chaos can erupt into clarity. The color white suggests notions of purity and simplicity, and unifies the disparate objects. The deliberate juxtapositions of forms and exaggerations of color choices, provide clues to content and interpretation.’’

1840’s lithograph

Ready for anything

“Wilamaya Series: Harvest” (digital collage), by Alyn Carlson, in her joint show with Kevin Kusiolek and Colleen Pearce titled “Portraits: urban + natural + imagined,’’ at Three Stones Gallery, Concord, Mass., through July 10.

The gallery says: “The collage portraits of featured artist Alyn Carlson imagine strong female personas empowered in their environments."

She works in a converted rope-making factory in New Bedford.

Photo of Egg Rock inscription, in Concord, circa 1900

The port of New Bedford.

— Photo by gerrydincher

The blob

“Foam Eddie’’ (photo), by John Kennard, in the group show “20/20: The Photography Show,’’ at Three Stones Gallery, Concord, Mass., through Feb. 22.