12/18/2025
In “Microcosm/Macrocosm,” which has its opening reception Thursday night, December 18 from 6-8 p.m. at Studio B at the Hotel Downstreet, 40 Main St., North Adams, Massachusetts, Bo Petran and Marjorie Kaye respond and explore the intricate patterns present in all facets of what is perceived, dreamed, and yet to understand in the natural world.
“Petran’s paintings mirror the fabric of natural formation, surfaces of mineral deposits, lava flows, the wings of butterflies. His work is textural and tactile, a response to the endless array of surfaces perceived all the way down to the microcosmic directional strands that make up the energy of the universe. He offers some entirely of his own making as well.
“Kaye explores elemental energies: the wind, fire, earth and water inherently contained in hand-wrought bytes and the order and sequence of minutiae. She focuses on the perception of the relationship between singularities in space, planetary shifts, and magnetism.
“Bo Petran is a self-taught artist originally from Bohemia. His art helps him deal with the meaninglessness of human existence.
“Marjorie Kaye finds limitless potential in particular intuitive algorithms, with an infinite number of patterns that can be determined from the visual arrangement of mathematical suggestions.”
The show, presented by Future Lab Gallery, continues through March 19, 2026.
