Among the Eucalypts: Paintings by Judith Belzer
Jul 28 - Sep 9, 2007
Judith Belzer, originally from the East Coast, has painted elements of the New England landscape for many years. After moving to the West Coast three years ago, her work shifted to a focus on large western trees, which are "figures in the landscape from which we can glean some of the most important information about a place and its natural history," Belzer states. Their scale reminds her of nature’s force and how inconsequential our human attempts to exert control over it can be. This new work explores the eucalyptus, a strange and beautiful species that carries a contradictory set of associations here in northern California, where the beauty of its peeling bark and elephantine forms is inflected by the knowledge that the species is non-native, invasive and highly flammable.
About The Artist
Judith Belzer studied painting at the New York Studio School. She has had several solo exhibitions in Boston and New York and more recently has been showing in Chicago at Valerie Carberry Gallery. Belzer’s work is included in many corporate and private collections including the Agnes Gund Collection and Michael J. Fox Collection. Her work was featured in Orion magazine in 2003. Belzer most recently completed a residency at Yaddo in upstate New York.
