Nick Benfey, “Bardo and New City,” oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches Images courtesy of the artists Moss Galleries has a great double feature going between its two outposts. WHAT: “Nick Benfey: Light Springs” WHERE: Elizabeth Moss Galleries, 100 Fore St., Portland WHEN: Through July 15 HOURS: 10 a.
m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday ADMISSION: Free INFO: 207-804-0459, elizabethmossgalleries.com WHAT: “Rose Marasco: My Lynne Drexlers” WHERE: Elizabeth Moss Galleries, 251 Route 1, Falmouth WHEN: Through July 20 HOURS: 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday ADMISSION: Free INFO: 207-781-2620, elizabethmossgalleries.
com In Portland, “Nick Benfey: Light Springs” (through July 15) features the otherworldly paintings of a young artist who graduated from Bowdoin and now lives and works in Brooklyn. In Falmouth, “Rose Marasco: My Lynne Drexlers” (through July 20) presents new work from a veteran photographer who once again confirms her ceaseless impulse for consistently turning out new and interesting work. CONSIDERING SOURCE Most mystical traditions hold as a central truth that all manifestation – from people and ideas to stars and galaxies – arises out of a mysterious unknowable depth of non-manifestation.
Since at least college age, Benfey, whose grandfather was a Quaker and a chemist, has pursued his own drive to comprehend (and perhaps bridge) the quantifiable and the abstract through meditation, centering practices and, yes, the occasional Quaker meetin.