Glimmer: A Small Works Virtual Art Show

Certain that “humanity is in a dark place” at this time, Melissa A. Richard is projecting a message of hope and beauty for art lovers in New England. She provides her own artwork and curates that of six other artists in an online exhibition entitled “Glimmer on the Horizon,” which begins Friday, Nov. 6, originating from Gallery Sitka in Shirley, Mass.

“Tamar wanted to point things in a positive direction,” says Ms. Richard, referring to Gallery Sitka owner Tamar Russell Brown. Finalists for this show will be selected after the Nov. 1 deadline. The theme of hopeful signs on the horizon recalls the sentiment expressed by the verse, “His eye is on the sparrow,” a theme that has inspired many songwriters. That is, the small fragments of light are figuratively brave attempts of artists to dispel the darkness of hard times with their hopeful vision of tomorrow. Appropriately, Ms. Richard will select diminutive pieces no bigger than 11 by 14 inches. Melissa’s own pieces will reach even further into this theme. Her paintings—employing such strategies as work on paper and collage and such materials as acrylic and wax—will pack an artistic punch and concentration into paintings no larger than four by four (again, that’s inches). Such pieces are likely to give us confidence, as when we see the humblest creatures leading the way to a supreme challenge and calling on others to follow.