Westport's Newton Roux Art Gallery Presents Artist Allison Meyler “Figures” Exhibit in Bedford Square

Newton Roux Gallery is a contemporary art space in Bedford Square in downtown Westport focused on emerging realist and abstract painters. Its next solo exhibition "Figures" features works by Ridgefield, CT based artist Allison Meyler and runs from Monday, November 16th - March 31, 2021.

“Figures” is a collection of work by Meyler, spanning 2018-2020. This body of work addresses the artist’s fascination with the multiple roles that women juggle in today’s society, as well as women’s notion of body image. Not always anatomically correct, her abstract treatment of the female figure is intended to be a balance between what is “pretty” and also what is true.

Her artistic process begins in weekly (pre-Covid) drawing sessions with a live model, where she creates a large amount of reference material, from which she then creates large-scale abstract acrylic paintings. Her work relies heavily on the structure of her drawing and mark making with oil pastels and colored pencils, but she also loves to experiment with other media such as spray paint, ink, stencils, and collage.

All pieces are for sale through the gallery which is open daily in Bedford Square in downtown Westport. They will also be available to view online here.

Artist’s Biography- Allison Meyler Based in Ridgefield, CT, Allison Meyler’s work is about color, line, movement, shapes and the interaction and balance of all the elements. She is influenced by graphic patterns, graffiti, and perfectly composed photographs as well as the places she has lived and traveled to within the US, Europe, Asia and South America. She studied Studio Art/Art History at Wellesley College, with a semester spent at the Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy which remains one of her favorite cities to this day.

About the gallery Newton Roux Gallery, at 14 Elm Street, occupies the 2nd floor corridor connecting Barbour and Whip Salon in the new Bedford Square retail complex in downtown Westport. The entrance is at the top of the stairs across the street from The Spotted Horse. Owners Amy Pal and Kevin Manley created the gallery to help promote talented emerging local artists, create synergies between the gallery and surrounding Bedford Square and Church Lane merchants, and make the buying process transparent and easy for collectors while leveraging an underutilized space with natural foot traffic. The gallery is open during the normal business hours of Bedford Square, or by appointment.

For more information visit https://www.newtonroux.com/, email info@newtonroux.com, or call 203-403-0863.