Open Door Gallery

Teachable Moments - Jeffrey Melzack

February 9 - May 8, 2015

Artist Reception:
March 20, 2015, 4pm to 7pm

Artist's Statement

To express, to teach, to communicate ideas, thoughts and insights about the human experience. To teach, to learn. We are taught by others and often, in a more authentic manner, through experience, are capable of teaching ourselves. Simultaneously, we become teacher and student and hopefully open to this learning as lifelong process.

This exhibit is a retrospective of learning experiences and investigations that I have pursued and expressed visually.

I hope that you will find the subject matter and imagery interesting, stimulating and informative. Next to each work is an explanation of the imagery as I understood it at the time I was creating the work, but your perspective and perceptions are encouraged as well.

"Melzack uses colored pencil, watercolor and oils in landscapes and symbolic objects that evoke magical and whimsical worlds reminiscent of the works of Joan Miro and Paul Klee. For Melzack art serves as a means of self-discovery, and one of his interests is in freezing those moments of anticipation and decision, when it is clear that events are about to unfold. . ."
- Milva DiDomizio, The Boston Globe

Learn more about Jeffrey Melzack by visiting his website at melzackartworks.com.

The Open Door Gallery promotes the work of artists with disabilities and shifts our community's perceptions of ability while enjoying quality art.