Color of Light


Color of Light 
Peg Curtin, Mikel Elam, Bruce Garrity, Noreen Scott Garrity, Mark Green, Wanda Payne & Marta Sanchez 
Mikel Elam, Guest Curator 

April 24 - May 19, 2024 
Color of Light Virtual Tour & Talk 



Cerulean Arts is pleased to present Color of Light, curated by Philadelphia mixed media artist Mikel Elam.  The exhibition features seven artists with different visions:  Peg Curtin, Bruce Garrity, Noreen Scott Garrity, Mark Green, Wanda Payne, Marta Sanchez and curator Elam.  Each tells their own unique stories through observation and imagination; landscape and architecture; abstraction and figuration; the linear and non-linear.  The common thread uniting them is a vision of light and color.  We all have access to lightness and darkness in life. Every awakened moment we view light and color on surfaces. Within our dream life we imagine light and therefore color in more surreal terms. To capture it is another state of being.  Each artist understands the places our senses guide us and will take you on a journey into a complex realm of observation, fantasy, memory, and storytelling.  We simply need to follow the light and color with our eyes and feel the enchantment of the sacred spaces they each inhabit. 



Curtin, Night Fictions, acrylic on paper, 14" x 11"  

Black Water, acrylic on paper abstract painting by Philadelphia artist Peg Curtin
Curtin, Black Water, acrylic on paper, 14" x 11"  

Nocturnal Rush, acrylic on paper abstract painting by Philadelphia artist Peg Curtin
Curtin, Nocturnal Rush, acrylic on paper, 14" x 11"  

Plough the Field, acrylic on paper abstract painting by Philadelphia artist Peg Curtin
Curtin, Plough the Field, acrylic on paper, 14" x 11"  

Synchronicity, acrylic and mixed media on panel painting by Philadelphia artist Mikel Elam
Elam, Synchronicity, mixed media on wood, 24" x 24" 

One in Nature, mixed media on linen painting by Philadelphia artist Mikel Elam
Elam, One in Nature, mixed media on linen, 24" x 18"  

Universal Code, mixed media on linen painting by Philadelphia artist Mikel Elam
Elam, Universal Code, mixed media on linen, 18" x 24" 

Divine Guidance System, mixed media on wood painting by Philadelphia artist Mikel Elam
Elam, Divine Guidance System, mixed media on wood, 24" x 12" 

Reflection, acrylic on linen painting by New Jersey artist Bruce Garrity
Garrity, Reflection, oil on linen, 30" x 30" 

Study for a Bather, acrylic on linen painting by New Jersey artist Bruce Garrity
Garrity, Study of a Bather, oil on linen, 30" x 24"  


Scott Garrity, Autumn Morning Rays, watercolor, 8.5" x 5" 


Scott Garrity, Dawn Copse, watercolor, 8.5" x 5" 

Glow, Maple Avenue, (No. 333, 2021), watercolor on paper painting by New Jersey artist Noreen Scott Garrity
Scott Garrity, Glow, Maple Avenue, watercolor, 8.5" x 5" 

Tree Tracery, August Sunset (No. 233, 2021), watercolor on paper painting by New Jersey artist Noreen Scott Garrity
Scott Garrity, Tree Tracery, August Sunset, watercolor, 8.5" x 5"  

House (Ember), oil and wax on board painting by New York artist Mark Green
Green, House (Ember), oil & wax on board, 20" x 20" 

House (Blue Blur), oil and wax on board painting by New York artist Mark Green.
Green, House (Blue Blur), oil & wax on board, 18" x 18" 

House (Late Burn), oil and wax on board painting by New York artist Mark Green
Green, House (Late Burn), oil & wax on board, 18" x 18" 

House (Porch Shadow), oil and wax on board painting by New York artist Mark Green
Green, House (Porch Shadow), oil & wax on board, 18" x 18"  

House (Whiteout), oil and wax on board painting by New York artist Mark Green
Green, House (Whiteout), oil & wax on board, 18" x 18"  

House (Split Level), oil and wax on board painting by New York artist Mark Green
Green, House (Split Level), oil & wax on board, 18" x 18"  

Intense, acrylic on canvas painting by Philadelphia artist Wanda Payne
Payne, Intense, acrylic on canvas, 8" x 6"  

Abundance, acrylic and collage on board painting by Philadelphia artist Wanda Payne.
Payne, Abundance, acrylic & collage, 30" x 30"  

Weight of the World, acrylic on vellum on board painting by Philadelphia artist Wanda Payne
Payne, Weight of the World, acrylic on vellum, 24" x 18"  SOLD 


Sanchez, Male Working in the Train Yard, oil & enamel on metal, 8" x 10"  

Retablo for Alice Bowie, oil and enamel on metal painting by Philadelphia artist Marta Sanchez
Sanchez, Retablo for Alice Bowie, oil on metal, 8" x 10"  

Tower Overlooking Trains, acrylic on wood and oil on metal painting by Philadelphia artist Marta Sanchez
Sanchez, Tower Overlooking Trains, acrylic on wood & oil on metal, 10" x 10"  

Urban Shrine, oil on metal painting by Philadelphia artist Wanda Payne
Sanchez, Urban Shrine, oil on metal, 10" x 8" 

Retablo for Lucinda, oil on metal painting by Philadelphia artist Marta Sanchez
Sanchez, Retablo for Lucinda, oil on copper, 24" x 19"