Catherine Bertulli
Since 2012 I have been using industrial grade aluminum foil to build sculptural forms. For the past three years, in particular, I have been working on a piece titled “Aprons”. What I have found interesting is the interaction of visitors to my studio during MOST has had an influence in the direction of this piece. Many visitors said that the piece reminded them of laundry hanging on a clothes line and wished that they could walk among the hanging aprons. I have incorporated this audience participation into the plans for completing this piece.
I also paint and work on paper. These are colorful figurative based watercolor paintings. Images are usually based on my life experiences. I recently had a watercolor included in the Harvard Art Museum’s "Watercolor,Into The Light:1880-1990" exhibition.
I have participated in many group shows; the last of these was “Dressed” at the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham. The aluminum works have also been shown in a two person exhibition in Fall River and a one person exhibition in Verona, Italy.