Chet Jones & Deborah Davidson Two solo exhibitions on view July 30 – August 11, 2004 The William-Scott Gallery presents two solo exhibitions opening July 30, featuring new work by painters Chet Jones and Deborah Davidson.  Both exhibitions are on view through August 11, 2004.  Executed in oil, Jones’ luminous conceptualized landscapes achieve a diverse textural surface and a saturated palette through the application of multiple layers of paint.  In contrast, Deborah Davidson’s abstract acrylic on vellum images explore the origins and evolution of language, and the intersection of text and image.  Please join us for a reception for both artists Friday, July 30 from 7 to 9PM. Inspired by early Abstract Expressionist artists such as Hans Hoffman, Jones’ work is process oriented—based on the observation and interpretation of light, and the act of painting itself.  According to Jones, “light is a living presence that supports everything.” His compositions most often feature the façade of a single house perched on a bare horizon. The geometric structure of the house acts as a point of departure as Jones then embarks on an intuitive exploration of color and light.  The resultant work displays a dynamic interplay between recognizable image and abstract form, between spontaneity and control. Jones has been painting professionally since 1981. He majored in art at Boston College, and attended art school in Florence, Italy. In addition to his many exhibitions on Cape Cod, Jones’ work has been shown in New York at the National Academy Museum. His work is included in both public and private collections throughout the United States and Europe.

Chet Jones Deborah Davidson

Using small stencil shapes of the artist’s own invention, Davidson’s complex patterned surfaces are created by sanding through many layers of acrylic color coated onto drafting vellum, then mounted on wood panels.  These glyphs, often amoebic forms, though sometimes recognizable as appropriated reductive childlike symbols, become embedded in the surface of the paintings like fossils, revealing a history and accumulation comparable to language acquisition.  Some forms are then collaged back into the composition, as if to create an actual conversation between negative and positive shapes.  Davidson’s work has been exhibited internationally in Germany, England and Scotland, and nationally in a solo show at the Klutznik Museum, Washington, D.C., as well as at Hebrew Union College, New York, NY, and the San Antonio Art Institute Gallery, San Antonio, TX.  Her work has been exhibited widely in Massachusetts at venues including the DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, the Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, the Fletcher Priest Gallery, Worcester, Gallery Bershad, Somerville, and the New Art Center, Newton, among many others.  Her work is held in numerous public, corporate, and private collections.  Davidson holds an MFA from the joint program of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University. A selection of Klemm’ solo exhibitions includes the Multiple Impressions Gallery, and the New York Art Exposition, both in NYC, the Harris Gallery, Wally Workman Gallery,  and Graphic Concern, all in TX, and the Winn-Devon Gallery in Seattle, WA.  His work has been included in exhibitions at the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Austin Museum of Art, and is held in the corporate collections of Motorola, Samsung, and Fidelity Mutual, among others.  Klemm holds a B.F.A., Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Texas at Austin. The William-Scott Gallery is located at 439 Commercial Street in the heart of Provincetown’s East End gallery district.  All exhibitions and receptions are free and open to the public.   Gallery hours are daily from 11am to 10pm.  For more information please call Almitra Stanley, Director, at (508) 487-4040. Digital images available for publication upon request.