Watermark: Michele Harvey & Glimmerglass
April 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010
Fenimore

I am most intrigued by the unseen, the suggested, forgotten, unknown and unknowable. Painting in the fog is as close to painting nothing as possible. This does not mean that negative space is empty or passive. Negative space is the perfect equal of positive space. This is described by the Japanese term, Notan, which is the interplay or tension of light and dark, when set next to each other. One cannot exist without it's opposite. I believe landscape shouldn't be a passive genre but an engaging one. It should be a door to inquiry and mystery. I seek to create art that dances on that threshold. The Fenimore Art Museum requested a show which included a sense of place. As I explored that idea and the environs of Cooperstown, I was enchanted. The lake, its history, the views... all conspired to take me off the beaten path. I felt the lure of Glimmerglass as it must have felt to James Fenimore Cooper. For thef irst time I became a tourist, humbled by the scenery. This show represents a melding of the two. I add my own to the venerable history of landscape art already created here. See if you can find the familiar amidst the unexplored, quieter spots of Glimmerglass.

-Michele Harvey