An Exhibition by Lesley Marchessault
Lesley Marchessault, executive director at the Provincetown Commons, shares her picks from our community of artists here in Provincetown.
Elspeth Slayter
My painted rice paper overlays on acrylic monotypes create a focus on paper as subject versus paper as object. This work focuses on one’s ongoing familiarity with internal and external consciousness. I have developed a body of work that uses circle-based compositions to dialogue with how memory is managed.
Fran O’Neill
Fran O’Neill is from Taunton, Massachusetts and has lived full-time in Provincetown for over 20 years. Fran has been an Artist for all of his life and as a kid won the Kellogg’s Stick Up for Breakfast drawing contest! He received an Art Scholarship and attended the University of Massachusetts in North Dartmouth. Fran has a BFA in Illustration. After graduating Fran worked as a Freelance Illustrator and owned his own business called “Scratchy Studio” for 14 years until technology put an end to that career. Fran freelanced for many companies and magazines such as “Cosmopolitan,” “The Boston Globe” and Fidelity Investments. Fran is currently studying Natural Medicine at the New York School of Homeopathy. He is currently painting and has a shared studio space at the Provincetown Commons. These paintings are made from vintage frames or upcycled beach-fencing, plywood, oil stains and oil sign paints. Fran has been creating these dynamic Graphic Paintings on wood for over 20 years.
Jeffrey Osmond
Justine Crosby
IG: @justifine
Through collage, drawing & printmaking, I use paper mâché techniques to wrap recycled lamp shades. This creates illuminated images, often with double exposures and color shifts. They include pages from vintage books, magazines, floral, and handmade papers. Each paired with a found lamp.
Pablo Matias Flores