FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SUDBURY GALLERY FEATURES SOLO EXHIBIT OF NEW PAINTINGS BY BOSTON ARTIST JESSICA BRILLI
March 15-April 12, 2014
Opening Reception: March 15, 2014, 3-5pm.  Free and open to the Public.
Location:  10 Concord Road, Sudbury, MA  01776
Gallery hours, Tuesday-Saturday by appointment.

For gallery and exhibit details:  www.walkercunningham.com, 617-448-1428.

SUDBURY, MA – Walker-Cunningham Fine Art welcomes spring with a fresh take on vintage by Boston artist Jessica Brilli.  A classically trained painter, Brilli’s new series of still life oils put these once mundane items onto the high culture pedestal where they belong today.  Using the full range of her palette and an expressive brush, Brilli presents to the viewer a delightful array of mid-century wonders from a red Zenith radio to a Smith-Corona typewriter to an aqua upholstered arm chair.

  Gallery owner, Sarah Cunningham welcomes Jessica Brilli to the Walker-Cunningham roster –

“I’m thrilled to be showing a new body of Jess Brilli’s’ work – I love her fresh approach to a subject that I find personally very compelling.  Objects of the past that were once taken for granted are now imbued with memories and nostalgia and Jess brings them back to life.  She has a unique style and each painting starts a conversation with the viewer -- they all have an immense amount of character.”

About the Artist
Jessica Brill (b. 1977)

Jessica Brilli’s paintings engage viewers with objects from another era: Kodak cameras, transistor radios, and manual typewriters. Painting in a style that combines American realism with Appropriation Art, she brings a contemporary eye to technologies from the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s. Before she begins a new work, she scours flea markets and antique shops, looking for everyday objects that excite her imagination. “I’ve experimented with various subjects,” she says, “but I always enjoy evoking the beauty in everyday scenes and objects."

Since childhood, Jessica has been drawing and painting. She earned her BFA in painting at the University of Rhode Island, where she studied with acclaimed artists Robert Dilworth, William Klenk, and Barbara Pagh. She recently won the Jack Richeson Award at the West Hartford Art League’s CT+6, juried and curated by Susan Cross. 

About the Gallery

A recent transplant from Boston’s Newbury Street, Sudbury resident and Walker-Cunningham Fine Art owner/director Sarah B. Cunningham has been in the gallery business for 15 years.  Specializing in American paintings 1850-present, the gallery presents an broad array of work and offers a wide range of consulting services for new and established collectors, museums and institutions.  Services include sourcing and brokering fine art acquisitions, appraisals and valuations, framing, restoration, curating and installation.  Gallery clients include major museums, private institutions and corporations as well as new and established private collectors.   Inquiries welcome.  Hours by appointment.  www.walkercunningham.com.

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