July 11-August 4

Paintings by Dick Paik


"April in the Marsh"

The Cloister Gallery welcomes award-winning North Shore artist Dick Paik.

Explaining his work, Paik says, "When I least suspect them, ordinary moments or images strike chords. An idle breeze tugs; an empty place invites, stirring some vague mix of wistfulness, hope, regret, peace. Such moments can change a small part of a day. In an effort to grasp these, I paint. The attempt to grasp something personal through a purely visual medium seems ambitious and daunting and results in failures as well as successes.

Paik points out that most of the paintings in this exhibit, like the one shown above, depict the changing seasons. "I am surprised to find that a disproportionate share of them focus on that ungraspable, windy transition from winter to spring; late summer evokes a different type of anticipation," he says.

Paik has exhibited at galleries in Marblehead, Salem, and elsewhere in eastern Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maryland. Among his awards are one at the Pastel Society of New Hampshire 2010 Member Show and another at the Marblehead Arts Association Member Show. An artist member of the Marblehead Arts Association, Salem Arts Association, and the Pastel Society of New Hampshire, Paik is largely self-taught, though he has taken courses in drawing and color theory at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. He lives in Marblehead with his wife and daughter.