Works by Cajolet Glow in Gloucester Exhibition
Described as "expressive and colorful" by the Boston Globe, mixed-media paintings and prints by Lower School science and art teacher Shay Cajolet are on display at Gloucester's Flatrocks Gallery through September 18.
Cajolet holds a Master's Degree in Art and Design from Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland. She also trained at the prestigious Tamarind Institute of Lithography at the University of New Mexico. She has exhibited her work across the country and internationally, and has works in private and public collections in the UK, Australia, USA, Spain, Mexico, Peru, China, France, Chile, Argentina, and Canada.
In Flatrocks' "Distinctive Mark" exhibition, which also features art by James Paradis and Peggy Badenhausen, Cajolet's works are luminous. Her large canvases are richly layered compositions that provoke constant discovery while confronting perceptions of reality. Light, movement, and texture combine to dazzle the eye, summon emotions, and prompt reflection.
In her smaller works, Cajolet mixes drawn and painted imagery with monoprints, lithographs, and carved impressions to evoke feelings of joy and mystery through delicate natural elements.
Cajolet holds a Master's Degree in Art and Design from Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland. She also trained at the prestigious Tamarind Institute of Lithography at the University of New Mexico. She has exhibited her work across the country and internationally, and has works in private and public collections in the UK, Australia, USA, Spain, Mexico, Peru, China, France, Chile, Argentina, and Canada.
In Flatrocks' "Distinctive Mark" exhibition, which also features art by James Paradis and Peggy Badenhausen, Cajolet's works are luminous. Her large canvases are richly layered compositions that provoke constant discovery while confronting perceptions of reality. Light, movement, and texture combine to dazzle the eye, summon emotions, and prompt reflection.
In her smaller works, Cajolet mixes drawn and painted imagery with monoprints, lithographs, and carved impressions to evoke feelings of joy and mystery through delicate natural elements.
"It's all about the visual perception of colors and the emotions that provokes," Cajolet says of her work, "with suggested forms introduced to help trigger memory and association in each viewer."
Cajolet's approach to color, emotion, and natural forms extends to her teaching as she works with students in Shore's Lower School art studio. There, it's not uncommon to encounter artistic interpretations of insects such the praying mantis at the same table with real, live specimens raised right in the studio.
"I love to have students access their experiences of and curiosity about the natural world, and then have them make connections between their questions and understandings through unique visual creations," says Cajolet.
Cajolet's approach to color, emotion, and natural forms extends to her teaching as she works with students in Shore's Lower School art studio. There, it's not uncommon to encounter artistic interpretations of insects such the praying mantis at the same table with real, live specimens raised right in the studio.
"I love to have students access their experiences of and curiosity about the natural world, and then have them make connections between their questions and understandings through unique visual creations," says Cajolet.
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Works by Shay Cajolet on display at Flatrocks Gallery, Gloucester
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Cajolet working with students in the Lower School art studio
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