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Gallery Talk: The Tree Around the Corner

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Barbara Kerne has been compelled to make art inspired by nature since she was a child, as is evident in her myriad interpretations of trees throughout the decades. While an educator for many years as a tenured professor at Montgomery College, Kerne’s drive to examine this particular arboreal focus also inspired her to experiment in the field of woodcut printmaking.

Enter another realm with the large scale of Kerne’s artwork. Her paintings, and their deep recessions into the distance — while often encompassing sun, water and woods — create powerful images that force the viewer to into densely hued landscapes, frequently outlined in black. Once here, you are enveloped into a magical, fantastical, ‘unnatural’, and even playful reinterpretation of the natural world.