Founded in 1975, Bromfield Gallery is one of Boston's premier artist-run galleries.
04/15/2025
Current Exhibitions: Gallery Artist Vivian Pratt ”Nature Transformed”
April 2 - 27, 2025
My work is always responding to nature. I am captivated by organic materials and use them in my artistic practice. As I work, I transform the natural materials into something new that also feels organic. In most of my work, I use the computer as an artistic tool, moving back and forth between the computer and natural materials.
Recently I began making handmade paper and combining it with scavenged plant material to create small sculptural reliefs. Adding wax, they become translucent, fragile… but not complete.
By bringing photos of the reliefs to the computer, my process becomes fluid, and I allow the imagery to guide my modifications until it feels right. When printed, they again feel organic but only give the illusion of three dimensionality. I revel in the illusion. I've transformed the organic work into something different, more mysterious, but still embracing the beauty of
