Imago Foundation for the Arts (IFA) is featuring mixed media studies of chromatics and deconstructed landscapes created by IFA exhibiting artist Rina Naik along with artwork by guest artists Phillip Beauchemin and Carson Jackson and other IFA exhibiting artists October 10 – November 17 at Imago Gallery, 36 Market Street, Warren, Rhode Island.

Naik has invited interior decorator Melanie Pellegrini of Pellegrini Design in Lincoln, MA, to join her as she gives a presentation on her work in the exhibit and both discuss color and its impact on spaces and the way we live at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 12 in the gallery. Their talk will be followed by a public reception for all the artists in the exhibit that will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. on October 12. Music at the reception will be provided by David Hansson and Carl Dennis. All are invited to attend one or both events.

Naik is an interdisciplinary artist who explores tangible and intangible human experiences in the landscape. In her artwork in this exhibit, she explores the dissolution of boundaries between painting, sculpture, and immersive installation through the interplay of translucent planes, reflective surfaces, and manipulated light. She says, “By translating the vibrant color and rich textures from my oil paintings into three-dimensional assemblages, I aim to expand the role of color, allowing it to function as a spatial force rather than a surface-bound element. In this transformation, color and texture take on physical form, inviting the viewer to experience them as dynamic and mutable, rather than static.”
Naik is a full-time faculty member in the Architecture and Design Studies Department at Endicott College in Beverly, MA. She has taught art and design courses and workshops at the Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education Program and the Attleboro Arts Museum in Attleboro, MA. She has a B.SC and MFA in Interior Design from Endicott and holds a certificate in Drawing and Painting from Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education Program.

Photographer Phil Beauchemin, a native Rhode Islander, has a passion for capturing the natural and built world from vantage points that might otherwise be overlooked. Phil is well traveled and has immersed himself in the global landscape to capture nature in its raw, yet beautiful form. Whether stopped along the ring road of Iceland, atop a cliff in Scotland, or out exploring all corners of the United States, Phil remains focused on highlighting the tranquility of Mother Earth.

His journey with photography began in 1970 while he studied at the University of Rhode Island and continued after moving to Los Angeles in 1975. A few years later, he returned to Rhode Island to focus on woodworking. In 2010, after a long hiatus, he picked up the camera (now digital) again, inspired by his deep love for nature and animals.