Art Place Gallery invites the public to a reception for ”Journeys”,  on Sunday, March 12, from 3 to 5 PM featuring the work of members, Susanne Andover Keany and Mollie Keller. An artist’s talk will be given at 4 PM. The show can be seen every day from March 6 to April 2 from 12-5pm daily at 70 Sanford Street in Fairfield. See www.artplacegallery.org or call 203-374 3720 or 646-258-6912.

 Susanne Andover Keany lives and works in Weston, Connecticut. A graduate of Barnard College and the School of Visual Arts at Purchase, she participated in the Studio Semester Program in New York City and studied with the late Robert Reed at Yale. She is a member of Art/Place Gallery and the Artists Collective of Westport. She has exhibited widely in Connecticut, New York and Florida. Her work is in both private and corporate collections. Susanne is a painter and a sculptor who finds inspiration in nature. Moving to Weston shifted her focus from the water’s edge to the towering trees and the life within them. In recent years she has moved away from realism to a more abstract approach that seeks to connect with nature in all its organic complexity.

Mollie Keller divides her year between Trumbull and Madison, Connecticut. Her primary occupations these days are reading and painting, two joys she never made priorities before now. A graduate of Mount Holyoke College, she has a PhD from New York University, and she spent her paid working life as a historian and civil servant. In addition to painting, Mollie fools around with artist books and fiber arts. Through joint explorations and endeavors with her grandchild she has also discovered the joys of glitter glue. In fact, it is this same grandchild who has sent her off on her current map quest.

The works in this show appear to be radical departures from anything either of them has done before, but they are not. Susanne’s paintings grew out of her fascination with bare branches against the sky. Mollie continues her experimentation with non-traditional materials and formats.