Frank Milby and Katrina Walker present Teacher, Student, Best Friends
A Retrospective
November 16 - 29
Opening reception: Friday, November 19, 4-8
Thanksgiving celebration: Friday, November 26, 4-8
Frank Milby
Frank Milby, originally from Queens, New York City, began his painting career as a portrait artist in Greenwich Village and New Orleans. He then moved to Provincetown, where he has been living for the past thirty-five years. Initially, he continued as a portrait artist at the "Starving Artist Studio", but gradually his work expanded into many different genres. He continually surprises his viewers with a vast number of subject matters, moods and palettes. In spring, he is excited by the multitude of native flowers, anxious to capture the lilacs before their short season takes them away. In winter, his somber palette of grays and blues depict scenes of thick clouds and foggy seascapes. He is drawn to fishing boats, lonely Truro houses, seagulls, trees, bowls of fruit and figures, as well. The unusual diversity of Milby's painting continues to arouse our interest and respect.
Katrina Walker
Katrina Walker is a painter of intuitive realism. Her imagery is deeply personal, a savoring of remembered experience. Often narrative in form, the paintings speak of matters close to the heart and invite the viewer to share an intimate and fleeting moment with the artist. The work is imbued with a sense of childlike wonder and amazement and as such, is unabashed in its honesty. At times unexpected elements of humor and mischief will enter - serving to delight and disarm.
Katrina Walker met Frank Milby in the early 80s when she moved to Provincetown. She studied with him in the early days and he became her valued mentor over the years. As very close friends, they often painted together and critiqued each other’s work, a lovely practice which continues to this day although sometimes a thousand miles away over FaceTime. This 30 retrospective of each artist reveals not only their great artistic communality but also their many stylistic divergences.
