Clausen Museum showcases works of Polly Lee

New Strata, a solo show by Petersburg artist Polly Lee opened Friday, Aug. 1 at the Clausen Museum with an artist reception that included about 100 attendees.

"These aren't your usual flowers and landscapes," Lee said of her paintings.

The show features several new oil paintings and ten pastels that are a part of a body of work called "Passages," said the 91-year-old artist. Each bold piece features an earth-tone palette and a bold "V" shape.

"Several years ago on a road trip in the Southwest, I experienced a new way of 'seeing,'" Lee said in her artist statement. "(I was) standing before a pl...

 

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