Kaffee Kang, Painter
"Artists make statements. Painters make paintings. I have come to realize that I am simply and wholeheartedly a painter. I love the creamy texture of oil paints, fluid enough to blend into smooth transitions and stiff enough to delineate sharp edges. I love that each color I mix is unique, never the same as the last or the next. I love the suppleness of my brushes, allowing me to make the faintest line or the broadest sweep. I love the resilience of the canvas as it gently pushes back against my strokes. And I love the images that emerge, softly glowing back at me, images that are never exactly as I envisioned, but somehow always satisfying."
Kaffee holds a B.A. from Harvard University and a M.Arch. from the University of Pennsylvania. After retiring from a fulfilling 40-year career as a professional architect, she is dedicating her time to her passion for painting. She paints in a representational mode that is guided by a contemporary aesthetic. Her work is held in private collections and has been exhibited at the following venues:
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"re/seeing HUMDRUM", 2019
Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA
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20th Annual Francis N. Roddy Open Competition, 2019
Concord Art Center Visual Arts, Concord, MA
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"Strokes of Genius", 2018
Maryland Federation of Art Annual Open Competition
Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
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Co-op Gallery, 2018
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD
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"Remaking the World", 2016
Boston University Hillel Foundation, Boston, MA
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15th Annual Francis N. Roddy Open Competition, 2015
Concord Art Center Visual Arts, Concord, MA
Joe McGill, Woodturner
"For many years, my creative efforts were focused on 'flat board' work, i.e., furniture design and construction. While I derived great pleasure from producing fine joinery and handsome, functional pieces, I found the process limiting. On a whim, I purchased a used lathe and was immediately captivated. I love everything about the process of taking a piece of wood from a storm-felled tree and turning it into a functional or decorative object. Chainsawing a block of wood to discover and assess what it has to offer; mounting the piece on the lathe to take advantage of those characteristics; the lubrication of the cutting edge by the water in the wood; and the movement of my body as the tool shapes what the wood wants to be, are all captivating to me."
Joe is a past president of Central New England Woodturners. He has taught woodturning at the Lincoln-Sudbury Adult Education program. His work is displayed in many homes and used by many families, across the country. He has exhibited at:
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Turning Wood: The Art of the Woodturner
2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Boston, MA