Outward Looking/Inward Seeing
Through Nov. 1, free, Muse Gallery, 52 N. Second St., 215-627-5310, musegalleryphiladelphia.com.
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Glowing with vague shapes in pale yellows, blues and greens, Anne Marble Caramanico's dreamy acrylic paintings and monotype prints could be anything: people, landscape or even light itself. The "Outward Looking/Inward Seeing" series came to life in the six months following her first trip to Cambodia, where she later returned to build a school. In her work, Caramanico creates "impressions" of what she's witnessed, wrapping up her entire experience of Cambodia — landscape, light, emotions, atmosphere, people and religion — in an abstract painting. "There's something very gentle and soft about the people," says Caramanico. "So these images, these suggestions, are soft representations of my impressions of Cambodia." She also draws from her work as a biologist, with many shapes and lines recalling what she sees through the microscope. While painting, Caramanico lets her subconscious take over.
Adding to the emphasis on inner contemplation is her Quaker background, which she feels resonates with Cambodia's Buddhist side. "I'm trying to get at the same kind of spiritual peace," she says. "There's sort of a searching for a universal expression of that. In a lot of my paintings, you can see a kind of light within."
Through Nov. 1, free, Muse Gallery, 52 N. Second St., 215-627-5310, musegalleryphiladelphia.com.
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