Abstract
Boston painter Joe Wardwell's new show at LaMontagne Gallery is a winner. Wardwell continues to explore his trademark themes of the American landscape and rock 'n' roll, but he does it in ever more challenging ways. In past works, lyrics have blazed across epic landscapes, questioning our society's stewardship of the American wilderness that painters such as Albert Bierstadt and Frederic Church once presented as the embodiment of the sublime.