Last Chance

Catch It or Regret It

by Monica Weymouth

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Published: May 16, 2007

With muted colors and whimsical landscapes, Isaac Bushkin explores uncertain journeys, challenges and triumphs. A worried pig gallops across a windy lawn; birds nest precariously on the heads of humanoid stick figures as tentacles dangle from above; and curious radishes poke their heads through the dirt to see more. As carefree, floppy-eared monsters dance in a field at twilight, a conspicuously bulbous creature (without floppy ears) turns his back and begins down a dark path.

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The Wood Turning Center celebrates its 21st anniversary with a selection of turned and carved wood art. Betty Scarpino creates soft, circular panels of oak in Metaphor: Wedding Dress, while Peter Exton's Rabble 830 is an intricate labyrinth of maple, piled on a cherry base. Using a more familiar form, Mark Sfirri's Exotic Rejects From the Bat Factory is a playful collection of curved, kinked and twisted baseball bats.

Jim Houser's touching, unapologetically adorable mix of text and images (pictured) is both innocent and mysterious. Flowerpots pin down small, handwritten notes, while his always-present octopuses curl their bright arms across the room, and wooden arrows draw teal blood from the wall. In the middle of it all, an enormous black blob steals the color from the surrounding flowerpots, declaring, "Hush."

 

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