THE MOON IS A PAINTER
An Exhibition by Amy Durocher
Exhibition Dates: August 5 – August 16
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, August 7
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Website
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Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement:
The moon paints with sand at the edges of the sea. She has different colors available: the blues and greens of the water itself, and within the sand: iron, algae, quartz, and more. She moves it into patterns using gravity and fluid dynamics through the water. Clearly an abstract expressionist, she is not inspired by but perhaps an inspiration for Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, Elaine de Kooning, and other artists of the movement, who inspired me. It was a joy to find I could have relationship to them using photography. Many of the painters who inspired me throughout my life spent time in New York and Provincetown, as I have, and I offer these works an homage. My photographs can be disorienting, but pointing the lens straight down removes the human perspective and alters context. With this disorientation, I hope to prompt in viewers a memory or emotion, instead of the intellect. These abstractions defy scale, evoking not only paintings but also x-rays, or microscopic images showing bodies in all our intimate interior beauty, plants, or even celestial objects. The laws of fluid dynamics are truly universal. I cannot imagine I would ever stop doing this. I go as often as possible because this work causes real wonder in me, like a child, which brings me joy. Every tide, season, and weather condition is different. It is a process of constant discovery and creativity as I find the best point of view to document the moon's beautiful work.
Artist Bio:
Amy Durocher is an award-winning fine art photographer living in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, (Wampanoag Territory). She has practiced photography for over 40 years and currently works primarily on aerial abstract photographs of intertidal zones as well as lake ice. Durocher has exhibited her work in numerous juried gallery and museum exhibits throughout the US. Amy Durocher has given talks on her photography in the Artist's Talk on Art series and at the Atlanta International School. Her work has been published in the Provincetown Independent Inaugural Photography Annual, and the 2026 the Communication Arts 2026 Photography Annual in July. Durocher attended the New York State Summer School of the Arts, Parsons School of Design, NYU’s School of Professional Studies, and Maine Media Workshops and College. Learn more at AmyDurocher.com or @amydurocher on Instagram
