Provincetown: The oldest continuous
art colony in America; a vibrant, diverse
and exciting art community that today
is home to over 50 galleries --
we're proud to be one of them.
Gallery Ehva represents exciting roster
of Provincetown and Outer Cape contemporary artists and offers
year-round workshops for beginners
and edvanced students of all ages.
We also work with local art collectors and show Early Provincetown Art and
Modern Art on consignment basis.
Our shows change every two weeks
with openings on every other Friday
evening 6 to 8pm.
Stephen Aiken
Tracey Anderson
James Bakker
Rachel Brown
Daniel Cleary
Barbara Cohen
Didier Corallo
Daniel Dejean
Donna Dodson
Mona Dukess
Rob DuToit
David Ellis
Nathalie Ferrier
Jenny Fragosa
Wendelin Glatzel
Irén Handschuh
Myrna Harrison
Alicia Henry
Jenny Humphreys
Leslie Gillette Jackson
Zehra Khan
René Lamadrid
Jonggeon Lee
Bill Liebeskind
Kevin McDermott
Andy Moerlein
Ewa Nogiec
Janice Redman
Jackie Reeves
Meg Shields
Richard E. Smith
Lisa Ventre
Michael Walden
Rob Westerberg
Tim Winn
Cyndi Wish
Ewa Nogiec, Director
art@galleryehva.com
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WHAT WE DO WHEN WE
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Gallery Ehva
74 Shank Painter Road
Provincetown, MA 02657
508 487-0011
Skype: ewa0011
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Mona Dukess
"My approach uses nature as a starting point, yet my work is neither realistic nor completely abstract."
World of Waters
Papers absorb the soft colors of MONOTYPES depicting abstracted landscapes, reflecting sky, waves, clouds and lines.
Birch wood PANELS PAINTED WITH EGG TEMPERA convey bold horizons suggesting mystery and space.
Truro ponds reveal light, pattern and movement on PIGMENTED ARCHIVAL PRINTS.
Pond Series #5
untitled, monoprint, 10.5 x 10.5
#3, egg tempera on wood panel
#4, oil on panel, 6 x 6
#6, egg tempera on wood panel
#8, egg tempera on wood panel, 7 x 7
#12, egg tempera on wood panel, 7 x 7
untitled, monoprint, 10.5 x 10.5
Artist Statement
My work for many years has been informed by botanical and landscape imagery. My approach uses nature as a starting point, yet my work is neither realistic nor completely abstract. Flowers appear similar to known varieties, but are composed from my memory and imagination giving viewers an opportunity to respond to something familiar yet evocative.
In the Landscapes series, my intention is to obscure the distinctions between the historic traditions of landscape imagery and its abstraction. The landscapes may look familiar, but are created in my studio. They are inspired not by specific locations, but from images in my head of hundreds of landscapes I have observed and lived with.
A proclivity toward process involvement and a fascination with new techniques provide me with endless possibilities for expression and exploration. Both the botanical and landscape series include works in hand-made paper, painting with egg tempera on wood, mono prints and photography-generated prints. Combining techniques, I discover new means of expression.
Having lived and worked in Cape Cod for many years, I have always been intrigued by water, which has been the focus both of my work as an artist and as a curator. In my current work, I take digital photographs of the surface reflections on water, brooks, rivers and ponds. Working with digital tools I create new visual relations and dynamics within each image.
The subject matter of these new prints reference my continuing interests in nature, water and the environment. They also recall my use of triptychs, series and groupings, and hearken back to earlier abstract paintings and landscapes. --Mona Dukess
artist website: www.monadukess.com