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East Gallery: December 1, 2023 – January 13, 2024
Excavations
Art does not reproduce what we see; rather it makes us see.
-Paul Klee, 20th century Swiss-born German artist
The paintings on view here were selected from my series Excavations, a body of work that I began several years ago. The paintings are about some of the most salient things in my life. The subject matter is wide-ranging: the joy of music and experiencing the evolution of a single song; climate change dangers and the beauty of nature; social and political threats to democracy; Alzheimer’s ever-tightening grasp, the insidious nature of bi-polar’s touch and the shining graceful and courageous light of a soul navigating such things.
The title Excavations refers to how a painting is made and how the process itself can reveal to me its subject and its theme. I begin with no preconceived ideas, working freely until I get a glimpse of where I might take the painting. At some point, as I add, remove, manipulate layers of color and marks and gestures, I see more clearly what that painting is going to be about and work towards that idea.
Bramble earned her MFA in painting from Columbia University. She joined the University of Connecticut faculty as a professor of painting and drawing in 1989; she retired in 2022. Her teaching specialties are drawing, painting and art appreciation. In addition to teaching, she gives talks to groups and associations in Connecticut, juries art shows throughout the state and has served as moderator of artist talks and discussions. Between 2010 and 2015 she was the Coordinating Director of The ARTS Project curating exhibits for the Whitson Gallery and The Brick Wall Exhibition Space located on the university’s Torrington campus.
Bramble was born in Maryland and grew up in the mid-west. She currently resides in northwest Connecticut and maintains studios in both Connecticut and Vermont. She has traveled throughout the United States; in France, Italy, Ireland, England, Central America, and Mexico. She is married to artist Frank Bramble; the couple have two children.
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