SURFACE TENSION
An Exhibition by Jean Fogg-Brock
Exhibition Dates: August 5 – August 16
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, August 7
5 PM – 7 PM
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Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Jean Fogg-Brock works in the style of Abstract Expression, starting with the application of various collage materials, tearing at magazines , old books, maps, cardboard and found refuse. The surfaces of her work tend to be tactile, gritty and textural, exploring the use of latext and oil paint simultaneously, frequently adding plaster to the mix. A recurring exploration for Jean is the action and outcome that intuitively happens between the surfaces she creates. The underlaying surface of mark-making and gestural brush strokes often run wild, colorful and free, while the muted top layer struggles to calm, conceal and veil over the chaotic undercurrent. This approach allows for only some of the hidden shinier treasures to escape, endure, and resist suppression. As if to quieten the brain chatter from concerns of today’s fast-pace world and provide the viewer and herself a peaceful place to land.
Artist Bio
Jean Fogg-Brock has lived and worked in the west end of Provincetown with her husband Chip Brock for 30 years where they share a studio. Chip built the studio with 4 floors to provide for each of their multi-disciplinary interests such as collage and painting, printmaking, encaustic, mosaics and wood sculpture. Jean watched her Mother’s lovely portrait-making and still-life painting, as well as worked for her Father’s Silk-Screen Printing business in Boston for most of her youth, inspiring a life-long affinity for the print-making process and combining different techniques into her painting. Jean has been jury-selected for over a dozen exhibitions affiliated with PAAM, Cape Cod Museum of Art, The Printmakers of Cape Cod, and The Larken Gallery. She was a student at The Art Institute of Boston mentored by Barbara Apel, Jason Berger and Peter Hoss. She has enjoyed classes at FAWC and Castle Hill and was a featured artist in Boston Voyager Magazine, Local Stories. Jean is a member of The Sail Loft Artist Collective.
