Charles Gray’s Modernist Landscapes Featured at Sharon Arts in July

Color, light, positive and negative shapes, atmosphere and close cropping with balanced and contrasting energies mark the near abstractionist landscapes of Holden, MA based painter Charles Gray,

Verdi #2, Oil on Panel, $250- Charles Gray

featured artist for July at Sharon Arts Downtown Galleries.

“Charles’s work blurs the lines between abstraction and direct representation and in doing so I feel it has something to offer everyone,” explained Gallery Assistant Manager Alex Cahoon.

A graduate of the Vesper George School of Art in Boston, Mr. Gray’s work has been featured at many juried exhibits including UNH Biennial, ARTSWorcester Biennial, Coolidge Center for the Arts Portsmouth, and the Fitchburg Museum. Mr. Gray’s paintings will be on display at Sharon Arts through the month of July. Further information is available by calling 603-924-7676.

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About Sharon Arts

The mission of Sharon Arts Center, a non-profit organization, is to engage the community in the artistic process, to support and serve artists and craftspeople, and to foster the relationship between artists and the community through education, exhibitions, the promotion and sale of art and craft, as well as through special programs and events.

Sharon Arts Center offers a wide variety of art classes and programs in the school facility in Sharon, NH, a Fine Craft Gallery, a Juried Artist Member Gallery, and an Exhibition Gallery at Depot Square.

Lake Series #23, Oil on Panel, $250- Charles Gray

The Sharon Arts Fine Crafts Exhibition Gallery is accessed through Depot Square and 30 Grove St. in downtown Peterborough. The Craft Gallery is located in Depot Square in Downtown Peterborough. Store and Exhibition Gallery hours are: Monday – Saturday 10am to 6pm, Sunday 11 – 5 PM.

Sharon Arts is sponsored in part by: The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, The Susan A. and  Donald P. Babson Charitable Foundation, The Bean Foundation, The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, The Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation, The Putnam Foundation, The Kingsbury Foundation, and  art lovers like you!