Paul Pecci Arts

Paul M. Pecci will be participating in this year's Natick Open Studio weekend. His artwork will 
be on view in his Natick, Massachusetts studio located in the Winchell Building, a former shoe factory located at 25 Washington Ave in Natick.


For more information:
brushstroke55@hotmail.com
(508) 477-1289
Our Most Precious Gift
Paul M. Pecci
Oil, acrylic, collage on wood
43” x 53”

Water, our most precious gift, is the most important ingredient for our survival. A person can live without food for about a month – but only about a week without water. We must consume at least 2 liters of drinkable water a day in order to live healthily. Yet more than two billion people on this Earth do not have a safe supply of drinking water. In many of the drought stricken areas of the world, women and children spend the majority of their day seeking and transporting enough water for their family to barely survive. Over 6,000 children die each day from water borne illness and many of the poorest nations are enslaved in poverty due to a lack of available drinking water. The numbers are staggering – and the need is also staggering. 

We, as Americans, have been blessed with ample sources of safe drinking water – so much so that these statistics seem unimaginable to us. I have never given a thought to not having fresh water whenever I turn on the tap, take a shower, or water my lawn. For us, fresh water is expected – a gift, so often overlooked.

My attention was brought to this catastrophic global need from information I learned through Rotary International. World health organizations and humanitarian organizations such as Rotary are mobilizing all over the world in an attempt to solve this most essential, basic needs problem. As a Rotarian, I am helping to mobilize my club to get involved in this world-wide rescue mission.

Through an acquaintance I learned of a small village in the Dominican Republic called Tireo near the town of Constanza, whose inhabitants are continually ill or dying due to lack of drinking water. Most of the deaths and diseases are attributed to consumption of contaminated water. The people are doomed to a life of poverty as they spend a tremendous amount of their day travelling on foot to obtain water. Missions have been established and medical teams have frequented the area, yet many of the medical problems are reoccurring because of re-infections from the general water source. We are trying to provide water filtration systems - enough for the inhabitants of this village to survive – and to thrive.

One village – one step.

I have created this painting to honor those who have met the challenge and who are willing to step forward to help those less fortunate than us. That most precious of gifts - given to us by Mother Nature - is quickly being depleted. We must do something to stem the tide. 

I am offering this painting at a reduced sales price of $5,000 – all of the funds will be used toward the Tireo water project.  For more info contact me at brushstroke55@hotmail.com . I invite you to visit my website www.paulpecciarts.com.                         –Paul M. Pecci

 

For immediate release:

Natick, MA

 

Local artist, Paul Pecci has spent many years creating and displaying his art in the Metrowest region, as well as at various venues on the South Shore and the Cape. A professional artist, as well as a banker, Paul has been instrumental in organizing artists in the Natick area for the past eight years to open their studios to the public annually during the “Natick Artists Open Studio” weekend. As in the past, Paul, and a small group of organizers, have convinced a large number of artists throughout the town to ‘throw open the doors to their studios and share with the public the rich array of artwork being produced within the borders of this small community.’ As Pecci says, “You don’t have to go into Boston or New York to see some pretty fantastic art. The richness and complexity of some of the pieces I have seen here is way ahead of some of the work I have seen in galleries around the country and in Europe. I travel a lot and tend to visit art galleries in most of the cities I visit. Knowing many of the local artists personally and seeing some of the “art” that is being sold around the country – I am constantly impressed by the amount of talent we have within our own town borders” 

It is easier as a local artist to stay on top of the local art scene than it is for the general public to know what is happening behind all those studio doors. So once a year in the fall, all the artists get together for one glorious weekend of sharing of art. Studios are opened, work is displayed, art is discussed, culture is shared – and for one weekend in October, Natick Massachusetts becomes the art capital of the universe. Okay, so I’m exaggerating a little. Each year, however, this anticipated event has grown, to where it encompasses up to seventy artists, thousands of visitors, pre-event shows and a large number of venues all over the town. This year’s event will be held on October 16th and 17th. Some of the pre-event shows will include a group show at TCAN, and a two month theme show entitled “Water” at the Morse Library running September and October.

In fitting in with the “Water” theme, Pecci decided to combine two of his passions – art and Rotary – to create a collage/painting titled “Our Most Precious Gift”

“Having been a Rotarian for many years, I have had the good fortune to use my art to help raise awareness of world-wide problems and to help raise funds for humanitarian causes. Having helped raise money through the sale of my art for victims of the deadly tsunami in Southeast Asia in 2004, earthquake victims in Haiti, local literacy projects just to name a few, I am in the process of helping to organize a project to bring drinkable water to a small village in the Dominican Republic. By creating this piece, I feel a deeper connection to the cause I am working for, and I hope to bring a visual awareness – and possibly touch the heart and senses of the viewer. All the funds raised through the sale of this painting will go toward the funding of this project. It is my hope to bring some pleasure to those who view this piece, that lucky individual who purchases it, and the many in the village of Tireo, who will benefit from this project.”

 

“It is totally unimaginable to me that over two billion people on this planet do not have a reliable source of drinking water. Over 6000 children die each day from water – borne illness, and in most of the drought stricken areas of the world, women and children spend the majority of their day seeking and transporting enough drinkable water for their families to barely survive.

I just turn on the faucet, take a shower, or water my lawn – and never give it a thought. I expect the water – pure, drinkable water – to be there.” 

The painting is being offered at a reduced sales price of $5,000 – all of the funds being donated to the Tireo pure water project. “Our Most Precious Gift” will be on display at the Morse Library in Natick, Massachusetts from September 3rd to October 29th. You can also view it, as well as other works of art on Paul’s website: www.paulpecciarts.com. Other pieces will be on display at Gallery55, The FrameShop and Gallery,  and TCAN during the Open Studio Weekend. Paul invites you to view his work at his studio on the second floor of the Winchell Building located at the corner of Washington Ave and Cochituate St on Saturday October 16th and Sunday October 17th from noon until 5:00pm. For more info contact Paul at brushstroke55@hotmail.com.