“The Properties of Green”
The Truro Public Library presents a new, educational, and eclectic exhibit of art for the month of May titled “THE PROPERTIES OF GREEN,” with a public welcoming reception on Friday, May 4, from 4-6 p.m.  The visually-stimulating, Cape-wide, and inclusive show includes art in a diverse array of disciplines unified by a common theme.  A narrative for each artwork describes the artist’s discipline, process, or media and describes how the artist used the color green.  The viewer is invited to ponder the many psychological, emotional, symbolic, or simply visual aspects concerning the color green.  For example, green symbolizes growth, harmony, freshness, and fertility, has a strong emotional correspondence with safety, and is considered by some to have great healing power.  Located in the center of the color spectrum, green is the most restful color for the human eye.  The color of spring, and associated with May, it acts as a neutral color in a garden.  Dark green is commonly associated with money.
Coordinated by library assistant Kenneth Hawkey of Truro, “The Properties of Green” features artists from Mashpee to Provincetown.  Participating artists are:  Marilyn Adams, Andrea Chapin, Betsy Payne Cook, Jennifer Creech, Joann Eldridge, Elizabeth Embler, Neva Hansen, Ann Hart, Tighe Hanson, Kenneth Hawkey, Jenny Humphreys, Michelle Law, Elizabeth Lazaren, Jane Marie Manco, Liz Perry, Catherine Skowron, Rob Westerberg and Lauren Wolk.  The Post Office Gallery of North Truro has sponsored the exhibit, which will be on display through May 30, 2018.
IMAGES:
“Caleb-Sun and Wind” by Rob Westerberg of Provincetown –Portraiture.
“Take Away” by Jane Marie Manco of Centerville  –Realist Still-life.