Portfolio showcase at the davis orton Gallery
If you find yourself in Hudson, NY on weekends between July 23 and August 28, 2022, please stop by the Davis Orton Gallery for Memories and Dreams. Thank you to Karen Davis and Mark Orton for including Leaving Home in the portfolio showcase.
Memories and Dreams featuring Carla Shapiro, Karen Davis, Kay Kenny, Ruth Wetzel. Portfolio showcase: Annette LeMay Burke & Ann Prochilo
July 23 - August 29, 2022
Draped by Ann Prochilo
Father Daughter by Ann Prochilo
“Leaving Home” is about belonging, an empty house and the indelible watermark of family. Prochilo’s mother’s favorite adage was, “This too shall pass”. Rather than a reminder of impermanence and the wisdom of the long-view, she took it as a clarion call to preserve the temporal. The middle-child of six, she haunted rooms where being alone had never before been possible. She clung to the light and space, the unrevealed stories of generations. The urge to grasp the ephemeral in the face of dissolution was fraught with guilt and reverence. Prochilo says, “We carry on — a testament to love, loss and the refuge of home.”