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By DIANA BIRD
Rappahannock News Contributing Writer
The exhibition at the Middle Street Gallery in Washington during November of Mary Brownstein’s work consists of three direct cement figures which are large and located in front of the gallery; eight single or groups of two or three figures in bronze, small pieces from about three inches to eight inches in height or length; and nine paper works of wax and artist’s pigments. These lat. ter use nearly all dolors as well as black and white.
The style of all of Ms. Brownstein’s creations is individual and recognizable. It is somewhat abstracted in the sense that details of her human beings and animals are often omitted, but what she includes is gestural, expressive of attitudes and emotions so that one reads meaning into what is portrayed. I found a great deal of fantasy which she achieves with economy.
For instance, her figure #18, Garden Angel, a green direct cement sculpture, has the expression of an entranced female with small wings instead of arms, and a long skirt, seemingly swaying to the side and back. I thought as I looked at it, “Flight doesn’t take much in the way of wings if you are determined to
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