Artist Peter C. Stone and his exhibition Tidelines and Other Stories opens at the MAC on May 24, at the Marion Art Center, located at 80 Pleasant St. Marion, with an artist’s reception scheduled from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Additionally, there will be a gallery talk with the artist on Saturday, June 7 at 11:00 am. Events are free and open to the public.
Distilled in the powerful rhythms of tidal cycles, the artworks in Peter C. Stone’s series Tidelines are inspired by dreamy coastal lowlands from northern Florida and the Lowcountry Carolinas to the beaches and estuaries of southern New England. While these luminous oil paintings explore coastal climate impacts and sea level-rise, they are built on questions about what these ecosystems face as we struggle with our environmental challenges.
The exhibition offers a look at the process of building illustrated stories written by the artist. Included in the show are works in pen & ink and watercolor, that also serve the graphic design of several books. Selected works are a salute to mythological lunar energies.
Since 1983, artist, author and educator Peter C. Stone has presented more than sixty solo shows and over one hundred group exhibitions at galleries and museums in the United States, Canada, and England, including Art Expo New York, the Royal Academy of Arts, London, the Peabody Essex Museum, and the DeCordova Museum. A knowledgeable educator whose enthusiasm for observing the natural world is contagious, Peter serves on the Art and Nature Committee of the Peabody Essex Museum and as an Advisor to the Board of the Florida State University Coastal Marine Laboratory. His “dreamy…evocative” (School Library Journal) paintings and books explore the evolutionary wisdom and interconnectedness of endangered creatures, cultures, and ecosystems.