Irene Lipton at Albert Merola

Irene Lipton, Untitled, 2006, oil paint and graphite on paper, 23 x 29 in.

If you are in P-town stop by the Albert Merola Gallery to see the new Irene Lipton show, opening this weekend. This is the image they used for the postcard. Beautiful and lyrical and textured. And, I should add: fun (a description which I hope does not distress the artist; maybe better words are lively and pleasurable). I love the blue and dirty gold and the way the elements of her vocabulary converse within, between, and across the quadrants. Her works are really layered. In good light you can detect the original markings, calling across the mists of time and paint.