Studio 33 Art & Frame Gallery in New London presents ‘Statement Makers – Work In Progress.’  The exhibit features the work of former Lyme resident and Lyme Art Association Trustee G. Roger Clements, who is an architectural designer, artist, photographer (BFA, Graphic Design), founder and principal of Sasqua Designs, LLC and a trustee of the New London Maritime Society/Custom House Maritime Museum.

Through his photographic lens and maquettes, Clements takes a look at selected New London buildings, showcasing many that have been cared for to preserve them historically and beautify them.  Studio 33 honors those owners who have invested in their city.

A significant number of once lovely buildings, sadly neglected or abused, are exposed as a marked contrast to those that have been restored in the city.  This exhibit draws your attention especially to those blighted buildings and the potential to restore them to their original grandeur.

Clements’s goal is not to revel in the unpleasant aspects of the built world but rather to focus his eye on it through merging traditional media in the hope that his work will render the world a cleaner, more pleasant place in which to to live. Clements comments, “The choice to move to New London was incredibly logical.  Its architectural stock is fabulous and the work that has already been attended to gives a wonderful base from which to build.  New London is a star waiting to be born.”

The exhibit will be on show at Studio 33, 140 Bank St., New London, CT. through Oct. 10, at 3 p.m.  

An Artist’s Talk, open to the public, will be presented on Sept. 25, from 6 to 8 p.m.