For Ruth Armitage’s initial show at Waterstone Gallery, she presents nine abstract paintings based on artists whose teaching has influenced her work. In addition, these artists have each agreed to exhibit alongside Ruth. The resulting show promises to raise questions, inspiration, and metaphors for the care and feeding of a developing artist. Ruth’s cold wax and oil paintings focus on color and mark-making. Titles allude to the personality traits of each mentor. This is an unusual peeling back of the curtain on the artistic process that is deeply rewarding to see.

Invited guest artists include: Skip Lawrence, Katherine Chang-Liu, Carla O’Connor, Donna Zagotta, Sara Swing, Randall David Tipton, Judy Morris, Linda Rothchild-Ollis and James Kirk.