BRATTLEBORO — Artist Bobby DiTrani opens his second solo show at Gallery in the Woods, 145 Main St., on Friday, July 7, during Gallery Walk. According to the gallery, DiTrani's “masterly oil paintings evoke an atmosphere balanced precariously between serene beauty and cataclysmic chaos.”
DiTrani is presenting new and past works the gallery says “combine his skill and talent with figures and faces, smokey forests and far away mountains, and how they might shine in a sunset or the glow of a nearby burning industrial refinery.”
Working in oil paints on canvas and panel, DiTrani layers the colors using classical techniques, bringing what the gallery calls “an inner light” to each form.
DiTrani is a multi-talented artist and musician. He studied classical drawing and painting under Juliette Aristedes at her classical Atelier at the Gage Academy of Art in Seattle, Washington, and his work has been shown extensively on both coasts.
When not painting, he follows many muses. He created more than 200 illustrations for New York Times bestselling author GennaRose Nethercott to accompany a series of narrative prose.
In addition to painting and art, DiTrani and his brother, Walker, formed a band called the DiTrani Brothers. Together with a drummer and bass player, they travel the country combining the magic of Gypsy jazz with the ribald nonchalance of Tin Pan Alley classics.
For more information, visit galleryinthewoods.com or call 802-257-4777.