July 2009: "Water + Color = Adventure" - Paintings by Louise Luckenbill

An exhibition of watercolor paintings by Falmouth resident Louise Luckenbill was on display at the Maser Gallery at FCTV Community Television, 310 Dillingham Avenue, from June 28 – July 30. RECEPTION: Sunday, July 12, 3 to 5 p.m.

Trained in embryonic development and neurobiology, Louise Luckenbill is as fascinated by the “flow and unpredictability of watercolor” as she is with science. “I view each painting as an experiment,” says Ms. Luckenbill, who creates a series of paintings of the same subject. “I find that several themes emerge as I explore this new way to communicate my thoughts and feelings through watercolor painting.”

The exhibition of Ms. Luckenbill’s watercolors are grouped into four categories:
“Place” denotes her travels to different locales such as cities, deserts, mountains and beaches.
“Earth” captures seeing the grandeur and timelessness of geologic formations, mountains, desert and ocean which interfaces between sea and sky and shoreline. “These shapes and patterns have evolved over the millennia that contrast with human constructions,” explains Ms. Luckenbill.
Another category is “Wind” depicted by Ms. Luckenbill’s visions of gulls looking for food and the salt-spray at Racing Beach.
And lastly, “Play” represents Ms. Luckenbill’s interpretation of experiencing the human condition. “I find spiritual roots in the plight of humanity and in the act of creating,” Ms. Luckenbill says. “I imagine the Cyclamen flowers that bloom in my sunroom involved in human activities,” she adds. Ms. Luckenbill even appreciates the hum-drum world of commuters, explaining that “these playful images remind us that life should not be taken too seriously.”

Ms. Luckenbill has been taking watercolor painting classes for eight years at the Falmouth Artists Guild, Lesley University and the School of Museum of Fine Arts and Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu. She attributes her passion to paint to her cousins, who were commercial artists, and her great-grandmother who always used to draw on slate. “So I figured I might have the genes for making art,” Ms. Luckenbill believes.

The Maser Gallery is Ms. Luckenbill’s first exhibition. “I’m interested in people seeing my work because making art has become a new way for me to communicate ideas and feelings,” she says. “I like when someone sees something in my painting that I had not imagined.”

Currently Ms. Luckenbill is researching how the brain interacts with art, which “intensifies my desire for painting.”
Contact: louiseandart@gmail.com

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Exhibit Hours:
Sunday & Monday, 2-10 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 10 – 10 p.m.
Friday, 10 – 6 p.m.