It was a perfect day for Lynn Latimer’s opening reception on April 13th, at the Grubbs Gallery on the campus of The Williston Northampton School, and we weren’t going to miss it.   The sky was cloudless and the sun was intense, creating an ideal atmosphere for looking at Lynn’s work. 

If you don’t know Lynn Latimer, an Easthampton artist working from her studio in Cottage Street Studios, we highly recommend you see her exhibit of fused glass panels, running at the Grubbs Gallery until April 30th.  She creates amazing works of art using glass and cites Paul Klee and Pierre Bonnard as some of her influences.  We marvelled at the brilliant and often transient nature of looking at these pieces, and how they are influenced by every aspect of the environment in which they are displayed.  Whether it was a person walking behind a panel and creating a mottled reflection within the glass, or a change in the sunlight streaming through the high windows of the gallery, we were engaged by the constantly changing quality of each piece. 

We’d like to note that one of the most exciting aspects of this show is that the artist displays working drawings on the walls around the gallery.  They are so beautiful in their own right, we didn’t feel that the exhibit would have been the same without them.  On first inspection a viewer might think that this work is easy, because of the fluidity of the colors melting together, it looks easy.  The delicate and intricate drawings helped to illustrate just how difficult and not easy Latimer’s process is. 

To find out more about Lynn Latimer’s process and work visit her website or better yet, visit her personally during Cottage Street Studios Spring Open Studios event on the weekend of June 7 & 8, 2008.