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Bucks, Central N.J. artists take a look at the botanical world in group show

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David Scott Gallery in Princeton, N.J., is presenting “Botanica: An Unlikely Garden,” a group exhibition of seven artists from Central New Jersey and Bucks County, on now through June 24.

The show presents a slightly alternative look at the botanical world. An opening reception is set for 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Jean Burdick creates photo silkscreens from her landscape photographs, recording light, shadow and memory. The resulting images suggest narratives of unfolding life cycles: birth, growth, death and renewal.

Susan Mania’s paintings and works on paper explore observations of the landscape. She works with plants to make dyes, inks and paints.

Csilla Sadloch scavenges for visually compelling objects and photograph hives, tree roots, dried leaves, and wilted flower heads. She is compelled by the observation that natural forms can be unrestrained and abstractly expressed.

Alison Scherr is a painter interpreting the movement of light and patterns in nature, images unaltered by the human hand. Using a mix of latex, acrylic, ink, pastel and spray paint, Scherr creates mainly large paintings on drop cloth.

Barbara Straussberg is an abstract painter and paper artist working in Philadelphia. Her approach to art making is intuitive and experimental, employing such techniques as dripping, tearing and mark-making.

Ann Thomas works in oils, painting landscapes and natural forms based on places she knows well in Hunterdon County. She is deeply influenced by the colors of nature, and all of nature’s endless interlocking shapes.

Kathleen Thompson is a writer and printmaker currently exploring Nalanda Miksang, the practice of contemplative photography. There is intention in every image, and an attempt to document what she feels.

The gallery is located in the offices of Berkshire Hathaway Fox & Roach, at 253 Nassau St., Princeton. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. weekends. Visit online for information.


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