Harmony Gallery Artist Reception – Laurie Maves

Abstraction fills the atrium gallery at the Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center in "Shapes of Resonance," a solo show by Sarasota painter Laurie Maves. The pictures are built in layers, with repeated forms and gestural passages that start from coastal landscapes, travel and the natural world. A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago who holds a master's degree in art therapy, Maves has worked with shape and color for more than 30 years, and the paintings share the therapist's interest in reflection and calm; they are meant to slow the eye, not jolt it. Collectors across the country own her work, and this reception in Sarasota Orchestra's juried Harmony Gallery is the chance to meet her.