David Campbell, Cynthia Maurice and Marjorie Kaye, Director of Galatea Fine Arts Gallery, Boston, a cooperative gallery where Cynthia is a member.

By Sanjeev Selvarajah

Two of Brickbottom Gallery’s founding members, with heart, and theme have traced the story of Somerville’s landscape from scratch; Cynthia Maurice and David Campbell present a different kind of exhibit, lasting till February 27 – Out the Window and Around the Town; their work tracks the development of Somerville from a Village of creativity to a Hub of industrial growth, such as the Green Line Extension, among other planned constructions.

Have a look: come to the Brickbottom building 1 Fitchburg Street, along the McGrath Highway, close to the Lechmere Green Line juncture, Thursdays and Saturdays 12 to 5 p.m. The Somerville aficionados know that well-enough, with galleries like Brickbottom, the City of Somerville will never have to sacrifice artistic credibility for high rises and convenient spreads of transportation. The dynamic duo invite the public on February 10 at 7 p.m. for the Artists’ Talk: generations of the great city will witness new and old, canvas and steel.

“The Green Line Extension is reshaping this landscape, providing yet another visual challenge. Machines dig away earth, yet trees and weeds abutting the railurs and concrete continue the cycle of growth, seemingly oblivious to the surrounding transformation. I use sketchbooks to capture the fleeting moment – construction workers and machines,” says Cynthia with an energy that enables more and more of her prolific output and a specificity, crowning her inspirations, all this time – still, as a pose.

“Train Yards and City with Overcast” by David Campbell. — Photos by Bill Kipp

“I paint and draw from life in my immediate surroundings, working with the weather and seasons,” says David Campbell, who unlike his stoic brevity is a generous and forthcoming participant, ready to bust open the mystery box during the talk on the tenth of February.

Check out the gallery entries of the two’s work in the slideshow online at www.thesomervilletimes.com. The enthusiast may be convinced by these idyllic works of inevitable transformative cataloging, but the curious villager also can gain a lot from hearing, seeing, and understanding that these two founders mean business.

Legend has it that Brickbottom property, Somerville’s first gallery, was conceived when 100 artists, fed-up yet hopeful, collected the funds out of their pockets to buy the building, a warehouse that would host their dreams.