Ten artists will feature 10 to 20 pieces of their work throughout the month of entertainment.
Marsh Sunset by Steve Walbridge SPRINGFIELD—Step into a gallery at the Sovereign Bank Building, One Financial Plaza, and delight in what you see there: The Artists at the Crossroads has a new exhibit entitled “Sights & Delights.”
The delight will come from seeing a variety of artwork including, jewelry, pencil sketches, oil paintings, watercolors and nostalgic game box assemblages.
Ten artists will feature 10 to 20 pieces of their work.
“People will see a huge variety of work in size, in media and in content,” said Steve Walbridge, one of the dozen members of The Artists at the Crossroads. “There will be contemporary work, traditional and modern—a great variety of artwork.”
This exhibit will kick off with a free artists’ reception today from 5-9 p.m. at 1380 Main St., third floor mezzanine. There will be refreshments and entertainment.
“There is such limited opportunity to display your work,” Walbridge said. “It’s like being a musician and trying to get a gig somewhere.”
He expressed gratitude to Evan Plotkin, an owner of the building where “Sights & Delights” will be shown, for his “massive” advocacy of the arts in Springfield.
Walbridge’s work at the exhibit will include oil paintings, watercolors and pen and inks with subjects like a marsh sunset and a Nantucket boat basin. “I do everything—abstract to landscape to portraits,” the Longmeadow artist said.
Darlene Duncan of Springfield will feature two types of work: expressive abstractions of nature painted in watercolor and acrylic and nostalgic game box assemblages.
The assemblages are hand-built wall-hanging frames constructed from scrap wood with discarded game pieces. Scrabble or wooden blocks spell out phrases like “Your turn” and “Play time.”
“People recognize the games and the pieces, and it makes them feel happy,” Duncan said.
“It brings back memories of their childhood or of playing these games with their children.”
Susan Marie Newman of West Springfield will enter 15 colored pencil or watercolor pieces. They will include landscapes like a Springfield skyline, still lifes and vintage cars like the Packard, Rolls Royce and Corvette.
Jane Barrientos of West Springfield will include two new paintings in the show, both from Tanglewood in Lenox: One is a “Renoir-esque” painting of a couple, and the other is a mountain view. Both are oil on board.
“I’m very proud to be associated with this group” of artists, she said. “Everyone puts a lot into each piece and is very dedicated.”
She said the variety of work—from abstract to realistic—melds well. “Even though we are so very different, we connect with each other.”
The exhibit will remain on display throughout November. The works will be for sale, ranging in price from $20-$1,000.
The Artists at the Crossroads is a group of artists that came together in 2010 and had its first exhibit earlier this year at Barrientos’ studio in West Springfield. “This is a very supportive group,” Newman said.
For more information, call Susan Marie Newman at (413) 531-0009 or Steve Walbridge at (413) 234-0231.