What do pears and humans have in common? Pears feed humans. Humans grow pears. We also create them in clay or on paper as art.  Both pears and humans are transformed from solid form to apparent form in one’s full life journey.

Drawing on the Buddhist tradition that “form can only exist because of emptiness,” Laura Freeman’s installation at the Stable Gallery, through June 7, explores the concepts of form and void with pears and human figures.

Drawings and paintings cover the walls with pears and humans created with charcoal or acrylic paints.

On the tables, clay or bronze sculptures of human figures demonstrate Laura’s creative explorations.  Some figures are pear shaped. Others have internal voids.  From one inch to over a foot high, Laura’s creations are expressions of strength and sensitivity.

“I respond to the spirit and forms inherent in each piece of clay I mold or object I view,” said the artist. “I also play with the absence of form to highlight the underlying emptiness, the source of the outer form.”

Works by 35 other Maine artists are on view for sale. Come see for yourself at the Stable Gallery, open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 26 Water Street, Damariscotta.

Monthly on second and third Fridays, the gallery remains open until 7 p.m. for opening receptions with artists and Art Walk celebrations respectively. For more information, visit stablegallerymaine.com or call 207-562-1991.