ELLSWORTH — “The Biology of Water,” featuring the oil paintings of Camden artist Jessica Lee Ives, is the theme of Courthouse Gallery Fine Art’s opening show on May 2. In the series, Ives explores the fact that the human body is composed mostly of water and her experience swimming through water.
“These paintings reflect a lived experience of the new biology of water. The human body is mostly water; in fact, at the cellular level it produces multiple gallons of its own perfect form of water every day,” the painter writes in her artist’s statement. “This water, called fourth phase water, is structured in a liquid crystalline form capable of transmitting and receiving information to and from the world beyond our skin.”
A graduate of Cooper Union School of Art in New York City, Ives seeks to convey her love of the world and the capacity of humans through movement, recreation and adventure. She was awarded the Clark Foundation Fellowship for her work as an artist-in-residence at Ground Zero. She used the fellowship to pursue a master’s degree at New York University, combining work in the fields of art, religion and public service.
Two years ago, Ives was introduced to the work of Dr. Gerald Pollack, who discovered the fourth phase of water, and her life as a swimmer, fisher, splasher and wader was transformed.
“The fourth phase of water is a gel state between liquid and solid. It is also called structured water because it contains an extra molecule of hydrogen and an extra molecule of oxygen. As it turns out, it is not H2O, but H3O2 that comprises seventy to ninety percent of the human body. What transforms H2O into the more viscous H3O2 inside our bodies? Sunlight,” she writes. “The full spectrum of sunlight is 42 percent infrared light, which at 1,200 nanometers, is the perfect frequency for creating structured water. When the sun shines on a body of water — be it the ocean, a cup of tea or a human cell — water molecules begin to vibrate. This vibrational energy transfers through molecules like ripples on a pond. They move closer together, stabilize and create a crystalline lattice capable of storing and releasing energy (like a battery), excluding impurities (like a filter) and processing information from the environment (like a semiconductor).”
Besides “The Biology of Water,” Courthouse Gallery Fine Art is highlighting new work by 20 artists in its annual spring show. The artists include Susan Amons, Janice Anthony, Philip Barter, Matt Barter, Lise Becu, Jeffery Becton, Judy Belasco, Ragna Bruno, Tom Curry, Kate Emlen, Philip Frey, June Grey, William Irvine, Philip Koch, B. Millner, Ed Nadeau, John Neville, Linda Packard, Alison Rector and Lilian Day Thorpe.
Both shows are on view online and in person through June 3. Admission is free and open to the public. The gallery is located at 6 Court St. in downtown Ellsworth. For more info, call 667-6611, or visit www.courthousegallery.com.
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