Last Chance

Catch it or Regret It

by Nadia Stadnycki

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Some of the most accomplished female artists from Philadelphia, past and present, are represented in this exhibit of abstract and contemporary paintings. For Gull Rock, Afternoon, Mary Butler (1865-1946) used wide, hectic brush strokes for the jutting brown cliffs over a raging sea. Ethel Ashton (1896-1075) is renowned for being a white woman who painted African-Americans in the 1940s and '50s. Her Sunday Afternoon depicts a group of ladies and gentlemen in their Sunday best, reclining on park benches.

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Composed of painted black and beige dots on gridded paper, Jennifer Bartlett's 97-foot work spans two walls at Locks Gallery. Within each grid, she arranges dots to form circles, squares, stars or lines. When viewed as a whole, the piece flows from shape to shape, blending together like the movements of a song.

Jay McClellan celebrates man's best friend with paintings of his beagle terrier mixes, Tip and Honey. Following his mother's death, McClellan grieved by spending time with his pets and enjoying their personalities, which he conveys through their playful poses and vibrant colors surrounding them. In Tip (pictured), the dog lies on his side on a royal blue floor, feet in the air, as if begging for a belly scratch.