EDUARDO LAPETINA: Forced by the virus and con­sid­er­ing my age and my autoim­mune con­di­tions, I had a pause in our inces­sant life trav­el­ing. I was in com­plete iso­la­tion and most­ly work­ing in my stu­dio. It was an oppor­tu­ni­ty to con­nect withthe out­side world through my paint­ings. I want­ed the present work to be the cat­a­lyst to rethink the sig­nif­i­cance of our future and to stim­u­late ideas and dia­logue. To have a fresh out­look with an explo­sion of vibrant col­ors, impact­ful tex­tures and mes­sages of hope.I also want­ed to inter­pret col­or as a tan­gi­ble form, yet simul­ta­ne­ous­ly retain a dichoto­my of flu­id­i­ty giv­ing way to shift­ing pat­terns mir­ror­ing a har­mo­ny res­onat­ing with emo­tion­al feel­ing.I want my jour­ney in art to be a nat­ur­al orches­tra­tion of my expe­ri­ences and emo­tion.

PETE RODRIGUES: Art, the expres­sion of cre­ative skill and imag­i­na­tion, is what I’ve been inspired to dis­play with­in the Inter­con­nect­ed Visions Show. One finds skill through the way in which my pieces are con­struct­ed and dis­cov­ers imag­i­na­tion by the design and unique­ness of each piece.I’ve been fea­tured three times in Fine Wood­work­ing mag­a­zine dur­ing my career as a fur­ni­ture mak­er. It has been an hon­or to share with oth­er nation­al wood­work­ers some of what I can imag­ine as pos­si­ble. Now, as a new mem­ber of the Hills­bor­oughGallery of Arts, I’m excit­ed to do the same for those who vis­it the gallery! My pieces in this show dis­play a mix­ture of wood tones, curves and angles to cre­ate func­tion­al pieces of fur­ni­ture to be enjoyed by you and future gen­er­a­tions. The gallery is open! Come, vis­it and explore that which is pos­si­ble through the imag­i­na­tion of the indi­vid­ual artist who come togeth­er as Hills­bor­ough Gallery of Arts. I feel blessed to be a part of this group!

LYNN WARTSKI: My work con­tin­ues to be cen­tered on anthro­po­mor­phic fig­ure pieces that I’ve creat­ed pri­mar­i­ly out of nee­dle felt­ed wool over a wire and quilt bat­ting arma­ture I cre­ate. I’ve found that I increas­ing­ly chal­lenge myself to imbue these fig­ures with their human-like char­ac­ter­is­tics as min­i­mal­ly as pos­si­ble. I strive to have the ges­ture and expres­sion of the ani­mal tell the sto­ry rather than sim­ply hav­ing them dressed up in cloth­ing. I con­stant­ly look to evoke a sense of won­der, tell a sto­ry, or offer a bit of humor. My work is most often light­heart­ed, but occa­sion­al­ly my ani­mal cre­ations have a bit more to say. I always enjoy when view­ers step in clos­er to take in the small details hat I add to each sculp­ture. This year I will also have a few wet-felt­ed pieces added in with my sculp­tures. These works will include some more func­tion­al offer­ings such as ves­sels and bags.

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