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48 HOOK "Taken together," Sussman points out, "these arPsts present a connecPon, studying the edges of science and meditaPve experience, yet their artwork on the surface seems so dif- ferent because of the way they each sensiPvely handle their medium." Constance Kheel was invited to show that her abstract art has no boundaries; there's an infinite realm of possibiliPes. Although she has a deep reverence for nature, you won't see a leaf or flower illustraPon by Kheel. Sussman notes, " her layers of exploring elemental shapes found in nature are deeply abstract and provocaPve." What can appear from a dis- tance as a bright colored canvas of abstract shapes, the closer you look, the more you see unPl you find you are meditaPng on the energy within you and what you are feeling when peering into the layers. Melissa Sgroi, another proponent of following an infinite realm of no boundaries, follows the wildly acPve abstract mode of Pollock, Krasner and De Kooning. Sgroi confidently uses her aesthePc sources and plays deeply with her freedom to try everything and follow the energy. Bright, fun, accessible, her painPngs, o#en oversize, are perfect for finding intuiPve balance in your own sense of creaPvity. Now, as we start going indoors for the winter season, it's the perfect Pme to do some re- laxing museum hopping. Here, Blue Hill Art & Cultural Center is the perfect venue. Designed in 1972 by the famous modernist architects, the Blue Hill buildings —one a 21- Norman Galinski Above: ArPst, Norman Galinski

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